The sale of indulgences.
Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door on Oct. 31, 1517. He started them in 1517 after the sale of Indulgences to the members of his Church he became angered by the false promises they made. So he penned the Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (95 theses).
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Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses to challenge the Catholic Church's practices, particularly the sale of indulgences, and to spark a debate on the need for reform within the church.
Martin Luther condemned clerical abuses, especially the sale of indulgences in the Ninety-Five Theses. This document is considered the catalyst of the Reformation.
Martin Luther King Jr. did not write the 95 theses. Martin Luther, a medieval monk, wrote the 95 theses. This was a list of why the Roman Catholic Church was wrong in selling indulgences.
His cause of posting the 95 theses was because of the selling of indulgences. Indulgences was a thing that would take you directly to heaven even though you did a bad thing. Did this help:D
What he supposedly posted on the Wittenberg Castle Church door on October 31, 1517 was the 95 Theses or called " A Disputation on the Power and Efficacy Indulgences".
The 95 Theses, written by Martin Luther in 1517, were important in the history of the Protestant Reformation because they challenged the practices of the Catholic Church, particularly the sale of indulgences. This sparked a movement that led to the formation of new Christian denominations and a shift in religious power away from the Catholic Church.
The 95 Theses centers on agreements within the Catholic Church regarding baptism and absolution. The Theses offer a view on the validity of indulgences (remissions of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven). They also view with great cynicism the practice of indulgences being sold, and thus the penance for sin representing a financial transaction rather than genuine contrition. Luther's theses argued that the sale of indulgences was a gross violation of the original intention of confession and penance, and that Christians were being falsely told that they could find absolution through the purchase of indulgences.