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In 1517 Martin Luther had posted his 95 Theses in Wittenberg, Germany, and by 1528 Basel, nearly 400 miles away, was in the throes of unrest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“Can we talk? A discussion of gender politics in the late-night comedy career of Joan Rivers,” Boston University Theses & Dissertations, 2016.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024

Theses two children survived, according to Everett and Marysville authorities, but some are not so lucky.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

Soon, however, the 95 Theses were translated into German and reprinted, which led to an unexpected and, at least initially, unwanted celebrity.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Tschackert has surmised that even the number of the Theses was determined by the number of the paragraphs in this Instruction.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin