Martin Luther’s principal points of contention with the pope

What became know as Martin Luther’s “95 Theses” begins with a simple invitation to fellow theologians to debate him in Wittenberg, Germany — or respond in writing — on issues of faith and practice “out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it.”Originally in Latin, the language of 16th-century scholars and clerics, the document was not initially intended to be much more than a spiritual RSVP.But it turned into so much more, ultimately spawnin