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Karlstadt posted his theses at a time when the relics of the church were placed on display, and this may have been considered a provocative gesture. Similarly, Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses on the eve of All Saints' Day, the most important day of the year for the display of relics at All Saints' Church. [36]
Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on 31 October in remembrance of the onset of the Reformation.. According to Philip Melanchthon, 31 October 1517 was the day Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Electorate of Saxony, in the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1414, while imprisoned by the Council of Constance and anticipating his execution by burning for heresy, Hus prophesied, "Now they will roast a goose, but in a hundred years' time they'll hear a swan sing. They'd better listen to him." Luther published his Ninety-five Theses some 103 years later. [277] [278] [279]
The Theses were quickly reprinted, translated, and distributed throughout Germany and Europe. Luther's superiors had him tried for heresy, which culminated in his excommunication in 1521. In retrospect, the Theses are seen as the beginning of the Reformation even though Luther did not see the controversy as particularly important or the point ...
The Ninety-five Theses were quickly translated from Latin into German, printed, and widely copied, making the controversy one of the first in history to be aided by the printing press. [8] Within two weeks, the theses had spread throughout Germany; within two months throughout Europe.
It is the site where, according to Philip Melanchthon, the Ninety-five Theses were posted by Martin Luther in 1517, [1] launching the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. [2] [3] Beginning in 1883, the church was restored as a memorial site [4] [5] [6] and re-inaugurated on 31 October 1892, 375 years after Luther's posting.
The Radical Reformation represented a response to perceived corruption both in the Catholic Church and in the expanding Magisterial Protestant movement led by Martin Luther and many others.
They were said to have taught the absolute sufficiency of scripture, maintaining it as the ultimate authority. They provided the view as an alternative to viewing the Church as an authority. [56] The movement was started by John Wycliffe and its doctrine anticipated those found in the Protestant Reformation. [57]