The 95 Thesis
What does it look like?
Looks like an anti christian sentiment
an expose type of information of the popes
What are the big Ideas?
Indulgence
Teaching Christians
Repetance
Guilt
Who wrote it? and why?
Someone who did not benefit from the church
A person who views from the outside
he wrote it to share the other side of the table, the side that the wealthy do not adhear to
What Ideas are left out?
Any ideas that explain why someone could do the same actions that he says the popes do
A sense of understanding towards others
Any Ideas to support more in depth thoughts behind the feelings of anger towards the popes
Which questions can this source help me answer? Which can it not?
It can help us answer the question of the morallity of the church
The question of the guilt of the popes
How the Christians think
It cannot help us with the why behind the actions, what justified the means?
It cannot help us understand if it is soully these people doing said actions
Whose perspectives are omitted/questioned/challenged?
The Christians who lived in Europe at the time
Most Catholic believers all at once
Those confident in the church
The Popes whom are being written about
Whose perspective does it reflect?
Those who aren't Catholic
People affected by the Catholic Church
The poorer communities
How does the author communicate ideas?
Through explaining how they are taught
Explaining what the pope and or papal are doing while mentioning tones and paths that they lead
Creating fear and anger against the Christian church