Renaissance+and+Reformation+Religion


 * ==The 95 Theses== || ==The Doors of the Castle Church== ||
 * [[image:Martin_Luther_posting_Ninety-_Five_theses.jpg]] || [[image:Doors_of_the_Castle_Church.jpg width="247" height="336"]] ||
 * ======This is an image of Martin Luther posting his 95 Theses. The 95 These were the way Martin Luther protested against indulgences. He posted the 95 Theses on the town church in Wittenburg, Germany on October 31, 1517. The Theses sparked the Protestant reformation. Some of the 95 Theses are number five, The pope neither desires nor is able to remit any penalties except those imposed by his own authority or that of the canons. This shows what he thinks of indulgences and the way people bought the indulgences to gain salvation. Another one is the twenty- seventh they preach only human doctrines who say that as soon as the money clinks into the money chest, the soul flies out of purgatory. This shows that preachers told people that as soon as they bought the indulgences the souls would fly out of purgatory into heaven. While on the other hand Martin believed that it doesn't matter.====== || ======This is an image of the doors of the Castle Church. The Castle Church was where Martin Luther held up the 95 Theses. Martin Luther was a person who was against the selling of indulgences. The 95 Theses are a list of beliefs Martin had that went against the church. In the captain to the left some of the theses are listed. The theses have become a famous document because they changed some of the clergy's outlooks on indulgences. Indulgences were items bought form the church to shorten your or a loved ones time in purgatory. Purgatory was the area between heaven and hell.====== ||