¿Por qué Martín Lutero publica las 95 TESIS y cuáles fueron las consecuencias? | BITE

The Council of Constance in 1417, which burned Jan Hus at the stake, had suppressed the reform movement initiated by John Wycliffe. A century later, a monk and professor at the University of Wittenberg, Martin Luther, took the lead among the reformers. In 1516, Albert of Brandenburg borrowed a substantial sum from German bankers to buy the Archbishopric of Mainz from Pope Leo X, despite already holding two other bishoprics. Powerful dynasties had a vested interest in keeping the Church a family business. The Archbishopric of Mainz would make Albert the primate of Germany. But holding three bishoprics was irregular. It took a lot of money, but Albert knew the pope needed it. The pope authorized Albert to sell indulgences, which were basically certificates of remission of sins, in order to raise the money. Half of the money would go to the pope to rebuild St. Peter's Cathedral, and the rest to Albert to repay the money borrowed to bribe the pope. But an unknown monk named Martin Luther had been reading the New Testament, in Greek and Latin, recently translated by Erasmus. From these readings, Luther learned that Jesus had already paid the price required for a person's salvation. Jesus was the Lamb of God, sacrificed on the cross as our substitute. He had borne the full penalty of our sin. There was nothing human beings could pay to buy salvation. All we had to do was repent of our sins and receive God's gift by faith. Luther realized that selling indulgences was exploiting the masses in the name of religion. As a priest, Luther was responsible for educating his flock and protecting them from ravenous wolves. In this case, the wolves happened to be his superiors, whom he had vowed to obey. But he was also a professor with certain academic liberties; He had the right to express his opinions for the scrutiny of his colleagues and students.(2) On October 31, 1517, Luther nailed his famous Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church. It was an appeal to academic debate. Luther argued that the Church was in error and that selling indulgences was a corrupt exploitation of the poor masses. His challenge was so sensational that copies of the Theses were immediately made. In December 1520, Luther was asked if he was willing to appear before Emperor Charles to be tried for heresy. Jan Hus, the Czech reformer, and other of Luther's predecessors had been burned at the stake despite assurances of safe conduct from the Church. Luther had not been given such an assurance, yet he agreed to attend. Fortunately, Frederick, Duke of Saxony and Luther's protector, obtained safe conduct. Luther faced trial in the city of Worms. The authorities attempted to intimidate him into submission, or to eliminate the threat posed by this poor monk. Luther wasn't trying to be a hero. He was being obedient to his conscience, which he claimed was captive to the word of God. He didn't know he was inaugurating a new era, unleashing a massive movement. Thus began the Protestant Reformation. A Reformation we're still talking about 500 years later. _____________________ Much of the material for this video was taken from the book: The Book That Shaped the World by Vishal Mangalwadi. FOLLOW US Website: http://biteproject.com Twitter:   / biteproject   Podcast: https://audioboom.com/channels/4977856 Instagram:   / biteproject   Facebook:   / biteproject