Carl Trueman, Ph.D.: Uncut Interview Footage for "95 Theses" Documentary
Carl Trueman
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6 October 2017
20 August 2025
This is the complete, uncut interview with Prof. Carl Trueman, Ph.D. at Westminster Theological Seminary, offering a Reformed/Presbyterian perspective on Martin Luther and the symbolic 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. This footage will be incorporated into the documentary "95 Theses" coming October 31, 2017. For more information, visit: http://95thesesfilm.com CHAPTER INDEX 00:00 The penitential system. // Luther's existential crisis 03:25 Purgatory's cash transaction. // Getting "cleaned up for Heaven" 05:48 Art and war are expensive. // Filling the coffers 08:44 "Every time a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs!" // Tetzel's sales pitch 10:13 95 Theses: sarcasm and rhetoric. // The symbolic start of the Reformation 15:02 Thesis I: "When...Christ said, 'Repent,' he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance." // An attitude of mind 17:45 Luther had already been a radical. But his 95 Theses struck a chord. // Follow the money 21:48 On the value of medieval cathedrals. // Built to outlast 23:11 Hanging out with Luther. // What tormented him? 25:37 A love letter . . . on indigestion, and finding God in pubs. // Luther and beer 27:21 A less racial, but still prejudicial, anomaly. // Luther's "anti-Judaism" 30:06 What is the effect of the Reformation today? // The sacred becomes secular 33:38 500 years later: What would Luther see? // Indulgences today Filmed and edited by H. Paul Moon | Zen Violence Films | http://zenviolence.com
