Welcome back to another episode of five minutes in church history. On this

episode we are revisiting one of our favorite figures and one of our

hands-down favorite moments in all of church history, Martin Luther and the

posting of the 95 Theses. The 95 Theses were in the

the 95 theses were intended by Luther for debate.

He wrote them in Latin.

Now they were quickly translated into the German and thanks to the rather new invention of

the printing press they spread quickly across the German lands but

nevertheless Luther wrote out the 95 theses for debate,

for debate in the quarters of the university,

and among the learned in the church.

But we might also recall that the 95 theses, that document that started it all, that started

the reformation, that started Protestantism, it was driven by a deep theological and pastoral crisis.

Luther recognized that the average churchgoer was being led astray

by the very institution that was supposed to shepherd them to the truth.

There was darkness for them, not light.

And so Luther wrote out his 95 theses to bring these

problems, these errors to light in the church.

But he also cared for the laity.

So in 1518, he preached a sermon in St Mary's Church.

There were two churches in Vittenberg,

there's the Castle Church at the end of town

...