Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Ninety-Five Theses
The 95 propositions against indulgences — Luther's October 31, 1517 disputation theses, the founding document of the Reformation
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Ninety-Five Theses (Early (the founding act of the Reformation)) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Ninety-Five Theses
The historical-revolutionary time of October 1517; the eschatological time of divine forgiveness.
Space
Ninety-Five Theses
The Wittenberg church door; the broader European political-religious space of the Reformation.
Matter
Ninety-Five Theses
The material indulgence-papers being sold; the printed document of the Theses themselves.
Observer
Ninety-Five Theses
Luther as the singular reforming theologian; the broader Christian community as the disputed audience. Personal-providential God as framework.
Energy
Ninety-Five Theses
The energies of theological reform; the explosive political-religious energy unleashed.
Information
Ninety-Five Theses
The 95 numbered theses as preserved theological-political testimony; the broader Reformation archive.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The exact circumstances of the 1517 posting (the legendary nailing to the door) have been historically contested. The relation between the academic-disputation form of the Theses and their revolutionary political-theological effect has been continuously analysed. The subsequent Catholic-Lutheran ecumenical dialogue (especially the 1999 Joint Declaration on Justification) has substantially reframed the theological controversies the Theses initiated.