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Luther's 95 Theses
Martin Luther was a character type that is remarkably familiar to a modern observer, writes David Frum. The story of his conversion by lightning was likely true in some respect, but embroidered with the passage of time and the growth of the Luther legend. For Luther, the formal promise of indulgences to shorten the time loved ones spent in purgatory was bad enough; much worse was what regular people thought indulgences were., he says.