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Martin Luther was approached by the pope and was asked to take down the 95 theses but Mr. Luther declined and started to tell the people about how the pope was abusing the power of the church.  Some of the abusive things that the church was doing and he stated them in his theses here are some of them Theses 5–7 then state that the pope can only release people from the punishments he has administered himself or through the church's system of penance, not the guilt of sin. The pope can only announce God's forgiveness of the guilt of sin in his name. In theses 14–29, Luther challenged common beliefs about purgatory. Theses 14–16 discuss the idea that the punishment of purgatory can be likened to the fear and despair felt by dying people.

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These theses are getting a lot of attention. They are catching peoples eyes because he states the hard truth of his opinion and doesn't just ease into disagreement. some of them say things like the Pope shouldn't have power over Purgatory. Another says that the Pope will not be allowed to dish out punishments that are not stated in the Pope's job description, such as physical harm.

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Oct. 31, 1517, an obscure German professor of theology named Martin Luther launched an attack on the Roman Catholic Church by nailing his 95 Theses to the door of Gutenberg's Castle Church. After he nailed the 95 theses to the door of the church the people of the church started to turn on the churches.

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Martin Luther's posting of his 95 Theses has been quite the talk of the town lately. A young women named Ann was there when they were posted, when asked how she felt about the matter, she replied, "I never knew how much of a problem some of the rules of the Church were. I think the Pope is at wrong and should start teaching the faith how it should be."
It is also said that the Pope asked Luther to take down his 95 Tenets, to which he refused and was thrown in jail.
When Ann was asked how she felt on Luther's current situation, she responded with the following, "I don't think the Pope needed to react so strongly. After Luther posted the Theses people are already beginning to believe that maybe there is something wrong with the church. By reacting the way he did, the Pope certainly isn't helping his image or the church. I think he should have dealt with it differently and listened to what Luther had to say."
While Martin Luther's future with the church is uncertain, it seems there are certainly people out there who support him. We will report back next week as more of this story unfolds.