Ninety-Five Theses

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Ninety-Five Theses

What are the big ideas?

People should not be buying indulgences

People need to repent

The pope can not get rid of your guilt

Some preachers and priests are being indulgent and are acting ignorantly

How does the author communicate ideas?

He communicates ideas in a list form

Who wrote it? Why?

Martin Luther wrote it to show his problems against the abuse of the use of selling plenary indulgences

What does it look like?

It looks like it an old letter

Which questions can this source help me answer? Which can not?

Whose perspectives are omitted/questioned/challenged?

They do not have the perspectives of the people who have been buying the indulgences and the pope's

Whose perspective does it reflect?

It reflects Martin Luther's perspective

What ideas are left out?

It does not say why people are buying the indulgences