... However, in the early sixteenth century the Church would experience a loss of power and fragmentation because of its own indiscretions, greed, and the efforts of one man, Martin Luther, who was later referred to as the “wild boar in the vineyard in Pope Leo X’s bull Exsurge Domine. ...
Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, professor of theology at Wittenberg University, and priest of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, who had once purchased indulgences for himself, had questioned this practice for sometime. ...
It was at this time that Luther became appalled with the new fervor that these indulgences were being sold and the methods with which Tetzel was using to sell them. Luther’s congregation had stopped coming to him for confession and they were flocking to Jütterborg and Zerbst, towns outside of Saxony but adjoining to Wittenberg, to buy indulgences. ... ) Luther’s congregation no longer showed or felt any remorse for the sins which they had committed, but they still expected to be absolved of their sins. Luther became concerned for his congregation and their spiritual well being. Completely unaware of the financial agreement between Leo and Albrecht, Luther composed his Ninety-five Theses.
Luther’s Ninety-five Theses were affirmations written in Latin and therefore believed to only have been wanted to bring about scholarly discussion and dispute. In these Theses, Luther makes three points clear. ... Second, Luther questioned and denied any papal authority over purgatory. ... Lastly, Luther denounced the practice of indulgences, stating that they lead to a false sense of security and that any Christian has the right to full remission of quilt, as long as he is truly repentant, even without letters of indulgence. ...
On October 31, 1517, Luther sent a copy of his Theses along with letters to Albrecht, pleading with him to stop this sell of indulgences, and a few bishops and some friends.
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