The Significance of the Ninety-Nine Theses

The reader of these lines is warned, at the very outset of this essay, that he must not confuse the "ninety-nine theses" with the "ninety-five theses". This warning is not superfluous, for not a few will when reading the title invariably think of the eve of all-saints day, Oct. 31, 1517, when Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the door of the castle church at Wittenberg. Someone may even say, when reading the title to this writing: Now that is a serious error on either the part of the...