95 theses
English: The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences, Latina:Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum. This title comes from the 1517 Basel pamphlet printing, author was the Augustinian monk Martin Luther. The first printings of the Theses use an incipit rather than a title which summarizes the content. The 1517 Nuremberg placard edition opens Latina:Amore et studio elucidande veritatis: hec subscripta disputabuntur Wittenberge.
Deutsch: Fünfundneunzig Thesen oder Disputation zur Klärung der Kraft der Ablässe. Zuvor unter dem Titel Propositiones wider das Ablas publiziert. Autor war der Augustinermönch Martin Luther.
Print editions
Main category: Printings of the Ninety-five Theses
A single page printing of the Ninety-Five Theses in two columns from the 1517 Nuremberg printing of the Ninety-five Theses as a placard, now in the Berlin State Library
Background
Main category: 95 theses
Woodcut illustration of a preacher preaching to listening people while other people exchange money for indulgence certificates. The papal arms are displayed on the walls on either side of a cross
A giant scale holds the pope with a certificate bearing the papal seal and another man on one side being outweighed on the other side by a bearded figure handing another certificate to kneeling figures. Animal figures are receiving the pope's certificates, published in 1525.
Monuments commemorating the Ninety-five Theses
Main category: Monuments commemorating the Ninety-five Theses
Art related to the Ninety-five theses
Main category: Art related to the Ninety-five theses
This 19th-century painting by Julius Hübner sensationalizes Luther's posting of the Theses before a crowd. In reality, posting theses for a disputation would have been routine.
