Person
Martin Luther (Wittenberg theology professor, 1517)
Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity
- REL-1.7: Martin Luther wrote to Albert on 31 October 1517 that indulgences for St. Peter's were circulating under Albert's name. He reported that the Instruction to the Commissaries issued under that name said contrition was not necessary for those who bought souls out of purgatory or bought confessionalia, and asked Albert to withdraw it.
- REL-1.8: The Ninety-Five Theses of 31 October 1517 raise money questions: why the pope's wealth does not build St. Peter's (thesis 86), that giving to the poor does better than buying pardons (theses 43 and 45), that the pope, if he knew the exactions of the pardon-preachers, would rather see St. Peter's go to ashes than have it built with the flesh of his sheep (50), and that the treasures of indulgences are nets to catch the riches of men (66).
Exhibits naming this entity
- Exhibit 398 31 October 1517. Martin Luther, University of Wittenberg: Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (the Ninety-Five Theses)
- Exhibit 399 31 October 1517. Martin Luther: Luther's letter to Archbishop Albert of Mainz