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This seems in doubt. It is true that announcements of upcoming disputes were supposedly regularly hung on the door of the Castle Church. But the first written account of the event comes from Philipp Melanchthon, who was only called to Wittenberg University as a professor after the event, and his account appeared only after Luther's death - there is no record of Luther ever mentioning the nailing himself. What is known, is that he included them, round about the same time (1517), with a letter he wrote to his superiors denouncing the sale of indulgences. But most historians now believe it's likely that the story of the nailing is a Christian urban legend, invented after the fact for greater dramatic effect.
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I could never be sure, but I've heard that the nailing of questions to the chapel door was a common thing for when students wanted questions answered. They did not ask in class, but rather did their studies and then nailed the questions they wanted answered to the door. These may have included statements by the students letting the professor know that they disagreed and thus Luther's act, if it really happened, was not an act of defiance at all. While it may just be a tale as well, if it did happen, it was not to be a rebel rather than to ask questions, as Luther was prone to do. And yes, I am a Lutheran.
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According to history he did....
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