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Jamesjames4os@mas.to
2024-11-01

#ReformationDay

Jim WaldCitizenWald@historians.social
2024-11-01

#ReformationDay
In recent decades, some scholars called the founding story a myth.
Then, in 2006, discovery of a contemporaneous archival reference seemed to lend credence to the story of the nailing of the 95 Theses to the church door--though perhaps not by Luther himself
5/7

scene from 1953 Luther biopicscene from 2008 documentary
Jim WaldCitizenWald@historians.social
2024-11-01

#Halloween is also #ReformationDay.
In contrast to Oberman, Richard Marius, in _Martin Luther: The Christian Between God & Death_ (1999), explains the nature of the historical controversy over the truth of the tradition that Luther posted the 95 Theses OTD 1517.
4/7

Scripture or Pope ' On October 31, 1517, Luther sent his ninety-five theses and probably the first version of the Sermon on Indulgences and Grace, to Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz, for whom Tetzel was working. Hieronymous Schulze, bishop of Brandenburg, to whose see Wittenberg belonged, was also informed of the contents of the theses and sermon. Instead of replying, Archbishe}..For many years it was supposed that someone copied the theses off the door, translated them from atin into German, and had them reprinted so that they flew over Germany and made Luther a hero overnight. Certainly the theses were quickly translated and circulated and Luther suddenly was propelled into fame. But in 1961 a German Catholic scholar, Erwin Iserloh, raised a question: Were the theses posted? In the current mood of Catholic ecumenicity, Iserloh was sympathetic to Luther. But he consid- red these facts. Nowhere in his table talk in later years did Luther speak of posting the Ninety-five Theses on the church door. In none of his own works reviewing the beginning of the controversy does he mention any public posting. He recalled that he preached to his people about grace and remission fo sins against the shallow proclamations of the indulgence sellers, and he seems to have discussed the matter in private with associates and to have sent copies of the theses to learned friends.
Jim WaldCitizenWald@historians.social
2024-11-01

#Halloween & #Reformation Day

When Martin #Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door in Wittenberg--or did he?
Heiko Oberman, in Luther: Man Between God and the Devil_(1982; English 1989), adheres to the traditional Story of The 95 Theses. #ReformationDay #ReformationsTag
3/7

all text: fied by purchasing indulgences; its fulfilment comes from the preachign of the Gospel. On the eve of All Saints’ Day, October 31, 1517, Luther posted the ninety-five theses, which he had composed in Latin, on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg, according to university custom. Luther directed these theses against the system of indulgences, but not by citing the unfortunate, exaggerated statements of overzealous purveyors of indulgences and making them loo look ridiculous. What he explicitly opposed was the advertising slogan: “A penny in the box, a soul out of purgatory." Half a year later the theological faculty in aris likewise repudiated the slogan, even condemning it as “false, scandalous, and untenable." But that was not Luther’s main point. He wanted to stress true repentance and make the limited value of indulgences clear: they profit only the dead in purgatory, because indulgences can only be imposed by the Church......Barely two weeks after being posted, the theses had circulated all over Germany, Luther reported; and understandably so, “for all the world i complaining about indulgences.”*' According to university records there was a disputation on the theses in Wittenberg, as Luther had desired. But against his wishes they were translated into German and printed in Nurem berg. No copy of this edition has survived. Luther affixed a handwritte “list” to the church door and only then sent a second version of the Lati theses to the printer, first in Wittenberg and then in Nuremberg, Leipzig and Basel.Luther later described the echo he found as a depressing success: “The publicity did not appeal to me. For I myself did not know what an indulgence was, and the song was getting too high for my voice"...
Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2024-11-01

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2024-11-01

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2024-10-31

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2024-10-31

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2024-10-31

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2024-10-31

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

Daniel Bellingradtdbellingradt@historians.social
2024-10-31

I am celebrating #ReformationDay with this sticker I spotted recently in the lovely city of Heidelberg. #histodons

A sticker with Luther saying I am sorry.
Kät´n´Toots (she/her)KathyKahner
2024-10-31

Salutations, my mischievous bats!
I wish you an exquisite the 31st of October.

Whether you're celebrating , , or simply 's escape from prison. 🎃

You can enjoy my :
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Is there a song you're missing?

In this spirit:
Happy Halloween!
A splendid Samhain!
A reasonable Day!
Or a exquisite escape from prison by Casanova day!

Gruesome Greetings
Your Kät🦇

the KardinaltheKardinal
2024-10-31

Oh!
And have a reasonable , my dear protestants.

Since you are unbelieving in the eyes of the , you are just as welcome to me.

Starchy Complimentstarchydish@newsie.social
2024-10-29

"A pagan doesn't need to know that they're a pagan, one might say — even if their adversary does."

Reformation Day Vs. Halloween: October 31

hyperallergic.com/961521/the-b via Hyperallergic
Image: Piero di Cosimo via Koninklijke Brill online
#ReformationDay #Reformation #Protestantism #Protestant #Halloween #Paganism #Pagan #Europe #Art

Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2023-11-01

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

Jim WaldCitizenWald@historians.social
2023-11-01

Things October 31 is besides #Halloween: #Reformation Day, celebrating the date in 1517 when Martin #Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door in Wittenberg--or did he?

n contrast to Oberman, Richard Marius, in _Martin Luther: The Christian Between God & Death_ (1999), explains the nature of the historical controversy over the truth of the tradition that Luther posted the 95 Theses OTD 1517. #ReformationDay 4/8

4/n

Scripture or Pope ' On October 31, 1517, Luther sent his ninety-five theses and probably the first version of the Sermon on Indulgences and Grace, to Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz, for whom Tetzel was working. Hieronymous Schulze, bishop of Brandenburg, to whose see Wittenberg belonged, was also informed of the contents of the theses and sermon. Instead of replying, Archbishe}...For many years it was supposed that someone copied the theses off the door, translated them from atin into German, and had them reprinted so that they flew over Germany and made Luther a hero overnight. Certainly the theses were quickly translated and circulated and Luther suddenly was propelled into fame. But in 1961 a German Catholic scholar, Erwin Iserloh, raised a question: Were the theses posted? In the current mood of Catholic ecumenicity, Iserloh was sympathetic to Luther. But he consid- red these facts. Nowhere in his table talk in later years did Luther speak of posting the Ninety-five Theses on the church door. In none of his own works reviewing the beginning of the controversy does he mention any public posting. He recalled that he preached to his people about grace and remission fo sins against the shallow proclamations of the indulgence sellers, and he seems to have discussed the matter in private with associates and to have sent copies of the theses to learned friends. But none of this resembles a public act of hammering the theses onto a church door and calling for a disputation. Iserloh holds that the story of the nailing of the theses to the church door comes from the pen of Philipp Melanchthon, who wrote a short summary of Luther’s life a few months after Luther died. Melanchthon (1497-1 560) was a professor of Greek, with a mind much more orderly (and commonplace) than Luther’s, and one of Luther’s closest colleagues. He was to become
Jim WaldCitizenWald@historians.social
2023-11-01

Things October 31 is besides #Halloween: #Reformation Day, celebrating the date in 1517 when Martin #Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door in Wittenberg--or did he?

Heiko Oberman, in _Luther: Man Between God and the Devil_ (1982; English 1989), adheres to traditional Story of 95 Theses. #ReformationDay 3/n

fied by purchasing indulgences; its fulfilment comes from the preachign of the Gospel. On the eve of All Saints’ Day, October 31, 1517, Luther posted the ninety-five theses, which he had composed in Latin, on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg, according to university custom. Luther directed these theses against the system of indulgences, but not by citing the unfortunate, exaggerated statements of overzealous purveyors of indulgences and making them loo look ridiculous. What he explicitly opposed was the advertising slogan: “A penny in the box, a soul out of purgatory." Half a year later the theological faculty in aris likewise repudiated the slogan, even condemning it as “false, scandalous, and untenable." But that was not Luther’s main point. He wanted to stress true repentance and make the limited value of indulgences clear: they profit only the dead in purgatory, because indulgences can only be imposed by the Church......Barely two weeks after being posted, the theses had circulated all over Germany, Luther reported; and understandably so, “for all the world i complaining about indulgences.”*' According to university records there was a disputation on the theses in Wittenberg, as Luther had desired. But against his wishes they were translated into German and printed in Nurem berg. No copy of this edition has survived. Luther affixed a handwritte “list” to the church door and only then sent a second version of the Lati theses to the printer, first in Wittenberg and then in Nuremberg, Leipzig and Basel.Luther later described the echo he found as a depressing success: “The publicity did not appeal to me. For I myself did not know what an indulgence was, and the song was getting too high for my voice"...
Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2023-11-01

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2023-10-31

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

Bob the Travelerbobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2023-10-31

Today is #ReformationDay in #Chile cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile #travel

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