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It sounds like you are asking about the 95 Theses which Martin Luther nailed to the Castle Church door, but if you read them, you quickly realize that Martin Luther was not describing corruption in the Church but advertising his own ignorance of Church doctrine as most of them are dogmas that were perfectly Catholic.

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