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historical document ⓘ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 ⓘ