95 theses

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English: The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences, Latina:Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum. This title comes from the 1517 Basel pamphlet printing. The first printings of the Theses use an incipit rather than a title which summarizes the content. The 1517 Nuremberg placard edition opens Latina:Amore et studio elucidande veritatis: hec subscripta disputabuntur Wittenberge.
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Main category: Printings of the Ninety-five Theses

Background

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  • Woodcut illustration of a preacher preaching to listening people while other people exchange money for indulgence certificates. The papal arms are displayed on the walls on either side of a cross
    Woodcut illustration of a preacher preaching to listening people while other people exchange money for indulgence certificates. The papal arms are displayed on the walls on either side of a cross
  • A giant scale holds the pope with a certificate bearing the papal seal and another man on one side being outweighed on the other side by a bearded figure handing another certificate to kneeling figures. Animal figures are receiving the pope's certificates.

Monuments commemorating the Ninety-five Theses

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Main category: Monuments commemorating the Ninety-five Theses
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Main category: Art related to the Ninety-five theses
  • Painting of Martin Luther in monk's garb preaching and gesturing while a boy nails the Ninety-Five Theses to the door before a crowd
    This 19th-century painting by Julius Hübner sensationalizes Luther's posting of the Theses before a crowd. In reality, posting theses for a disputation would have been routine.
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