ANDERSON, S.C. — Reformation Day is Tuesday and it marks the anniversary of Martin Luther's written critique of the Catholic church, including its selling of indulgences. As the story goes ...

they can turn to several new biographies and studies of Martin Luther, whose 95 theses challenging the sale of indulgences launched Christian religious reform — and sometimes deadly conflict.

Martin Luther, an Augustine monk, denounces wrongs within the church - above all the selling of indulgences. He claims that no one shall stand between God and the faithful – least of all the ...

One Catholic thought Martin Luther was a "demon in the appearance ... objected to the way preacher Johann Tetzel was selling indulgences. These were documents prepared by the church and bought ...

In 1517, the German theologian Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to Wittenberg's Castle Church door, attacking indulgences, a Catholic practice that, according to church teachings, can reduce or ...

We just marked the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting his Ninety Five Theses complaining about the practice and efficacy of indulgences in the Catholic Church. In modern parlance this ...

Imagine: Your counterculture social media campaign goes viral, igniting a conflagration of cultural change as unexpected as it is incendiary. Within a decade, you are the most celebrated and reviled ...

Indulgences, the Roman Catholic spiritual practice that irked Martin Luther and provoked the Protestant Reformation, are back. Technically, they never went away, but have been ignored by many ...

Indulgences, the Roman Catholic spiritual practice that irked Martin Luther and provoked the Protestant Reformation, are back. Technically, they never went away but they have been ignored by many ...