SS Outline 10.18.2026

The Protestant Reformation Begins - Martin Luther
Scripture: Romans 1:16–17.

I. Opening: the certificate for sale (indulgences)

II. Why the church was ripe for reform
A. Renaissance papacy and its debts
B. Wycliffe, Hus, Savonarola
C. Erasmus and the Greek New Testament
D. The printing press

III. Luther's pilgrimage
A. The thunderstorm vow, 1505
B. The terrified monk and Staupitz
C. Rome, 1510–11
D. Wittenberg lectures and Romans 1:17

IV. Indulgences and the 95 Theses
A. What an indulgence was
B. Albert, Tetzel, and the Fugger loan
C. October 31, 1517
D. Theses 1, 27, 36, 62

V. From Wittenberg to Worms
A. Heidelberg, Augsburg, Leipzig
B. The 1520 treatises and the burned bull
C. Worms, 1521, and the Wartburg

VI. Discussion