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Resources & Links > Bible Studies & Theology > Lutheran Theology & Beliefs Lutheran Theology and Beliefs A Study of the Reformation outline from a three-part study by Pastor Mason Okubo Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 || Return to Bible Studies & Theology
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Events 1517 — Pope Leo X sends Johann Tetzel to sell indulgences to the Christian world to make money to build St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Tetzel promised "As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs." Tetzel provokes Luther to write Ninety-Five Theses, protesting against the purchase and sale of salvation. Oct. 31, 1517 — Luther nails 95 Theses on door of All Saints Church in Wittenburg challenging the power of the Pope. The Theses not only denounced Tetzel's work as worldly but denied the Pope's right to grant pardons on God's behalf in the first place. The pardon of the Church was in God's power alone. The Gutenberg Printing Press Because of the newly invented Gutenberg printing press, copies of Luther's 95 theses are translated and spread across the continent. People long burdened by the Roman Catholic church find a voice in Luther's teachings. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press (1439), which made the proliferation of the Bible in people's language. Without it, the 95 theses, and the Reformation, would not have spread. At a debate in Leipzig, Luther denounces the heretic John Hus, but says they are right in some doctrines. "You don't need a pope for salvation"; I am free to believe what scripture tells me. Luther wrote the 95 Theses to start a debater which would help the church see its errors. Instead it started a firestorm, the Reformation. Part Three: The Birth of the Lutheran Church >> |
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In this
part of our study we look at the events
happening in the church
and around Europe that drove Martin Luther to question the practices of
the Roman Catholic Church and birth the Reformation.