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MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY PROF. M. M. NINAN In 1517 Luther posted his 95 Theses, a list of grievances against the Church, on church doors in Wittenberg. This was the normal way of inviting a dialogue in academic circles at that time. 26
MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY PROF. M. M. NINAN First page of the 1517 Basel printing of the Theses as a pamphlet Martin Luther makes three main points in his 95 theses. Here they are, in his own words: 1. Selling indulgences to finance the building of St. Peter's is wrong. "The revenues of all Christendom are being sucked into this insatiable basilica. The Germans laugh at calling this the common treasure of Christendom. Before long, all the churches, palaces, walls and bridges of Rome will be built out of our money. First of all, we should rear living temples, not local churches, and only last of all St. Peter's, which is not necessary for us. We Germans cannot attend St. Peter's. Better that it should never be built than that our parochial churches should be despoiled. ... 27
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