''The Wittenburg Door'', sometimes known as simply ''The Door'', was a Christian

satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming ...

and humor magazine, previously published bimonthly by the

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Trinity Foundation based in

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. The magazine started publication in 1971 and ceased publication in 2008. It was then published only online by John Bloom until its recent transition to a new group of "door keepers". The title was a reference to

the Ninety-Five Theses The ''Ninety-five Theses'' or ''Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences''-The title comes from the 1517 Basel pamphlet printing. The first printings of the ''Theses'' use an incipit rather than a title which summarizes the content ...

written by

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in 1517 that he is believed to have posted on the door of the

All Saints' Church, Wittenberg All Saints' Church, commonly referred to as ''Schlosskirche'' (Castle Church) to distinguish it from the '' Stadtkirche'' (Town Church) of St. Mary's – and sometimes known as the Reformation Memorial Church – is a Lutheran church in Wittenberg, ...

. A documentary, ''Nailin' it to the Church'', by Murray Stiller was made in 2009. The Wittenburg Door

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