Disputation
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Disputation is a genre of literature involving two contenders who seek to establish a resolution to a problem or establish the superiority of something. An example of the latter is in Sumerian disputa
A disputation between Christian and Jewish scholars (1483)
c. 1208. This 15th-century painting by Pedro Berruguete depicts the legend of Saint Dominic and his Albigensian disputant tossing their books into a fire. According to the legend, Saint Dominic's books miraculously leapt out of the fire.
Ninety-five Theses
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The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther, then a professor of moral theolog
Disputation
…sword, attributed to Ahmad Ibn Burd al-Asghar in the 11th century. Martin Luther opened the Protestant Reformation by demanding a disputation upon his 95 theses, 31 October 1517. Although presented as a call to an ordinary scholastic dispute, there is no evidence that such an event ever took place. During a…
Johann Tetzel's coffer, now on display at St. Nicholaus church in Jüterbog, Germany
First page of the 1517 Basel printing of the Theses as a pamphlet
This 19th-century painting by Julius Hübner sensationalizes Luther's posting of the Theses before a crowd. In reality, posting theses for a disputation would have been routine.
These commemorative doors were installed at All Saints' Church, Wittenberg, on Luther's 375th birthday in 1858.