Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum

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Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum is the Latin title of Martin Luther’s 1517 document challenging the Catholic Church’s practice of selling indulgences, which helped spark the Protestant Reformation.

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instanceOf Latin text
Reformation text
historical document
religious document
theological treatise
aim to invite scholarly debate on indulgences
alsoKnownAs Ninety-five Theses
associatedWith Elector Frederick the Wise
Johann Tetzel
Pope Leo X
University of Wittenberg
author Martin Luther
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony
criticizes Catholic Church practice of selling indulgences
abuses in the practice of indulgences
sale of indulgences
dateWritten 1517
denominationalContext Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
disseminatedBy printing press
emphasizes inner repentance over external works
genre scholastic disputation
hasCanonicalStatus foundational text of Protestantism
hasEnglishTitle Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences
hasForm propositions for academic debate
hasSubjectHeading Catholic Church—Doctrines
linked to: Catholic theology

Church reform
Indulgences—Controversial literature
historicalSignificance sparked debates leading to the Protestant Reformation
influenced Lutheran theology
Protestant Reformation
linked to: Reformation
language Latin
medium academic disputation
movement Protestant Reformation
linked to: Reformation
numberOfTheses 95
originalScript Latin alphabet
partOf Lutheran Reformation corpus
placeOfPublication Wittenberg
printedAs pamphlet
questions the efficacy of indulgences for remitting guilt
the extent of papal power over purgatory
religiousTradition Christianity
structure series of 95 theses
topic indulgences
papal authority
penance
repentance
year 1517

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Luther’s Ninety-five Theses originalTitle Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum