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Ninety-Five Theses

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plural noun

  1. the theses of Luther against the sale of indulgences in the Roman Catholic Church, posted by him on the door of a church in Wittenberg, October 31, 1517.


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Luther did not address the issue of freedom of conscience in his Ninety-Five Theses, nor did he ever devise a political theory supporting religious pluralism.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 27, 2017

So, let's for a moment imagine again that there had been no Ninety-Five Theses, no Reformation, no Protestantism.

From Nature ● Oct. 24, 2017

It had been three and a half years since Martin Luther, an unknown Augustinian monk and professor of theology, nailed a copy of his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2014

Two years later Luther, not fathoming as yet the depths of iniquity which he was beginning to lay bare, published his Ninety-Five Theses.

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau

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