If it please the Most Reverend Father he may see these my Disputations, and learn how doubtful a thing is the opinion of indulgences which those men spread as though it were most certain.
To the Most Reverend Father,
Brother Martin Luther.
FOOTNOTES
[1] In the original editions the word Jesus appears at the head of the works, and the present editors have retained the use, which was apparently an act of obedience to the command, "Whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus" (Col. 3:17).
[2] See Theses 18-24, 32, 52.
[3] See Thesis 27.
[4] See Thesis 75.
[5] See Theses 5, 6, 20, 21.
[6] Gratia infusa, meaning the working of God upon the hearts of men, by means of which their lives become pleasing to God. Cf. Loors' Dogmengeschicte, 4th ed., pp. 562 ff.
[7] See Thesis 5.