Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, in saying “Repent ye,” etc., intended that the whole life of believers should be penitence. |
—First Thesis |
Martin Luther |
Harvard Classics, Vol. 36, Part 4
The Ninety–Five Theses
Martin Luther
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed this protest against the sale of indulgences to the church door of Wittenberg, inadvertently beginning the Protestant Reformation.
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