According to scholars Walter Krämer, Götz Trenkler, Gerhard Ritter, and Gerhard Prause, the story of the posting on the door, even though it has settled as one of the pillars of history, has little foundation in truth. The story is based on comments made by Philipp Melanchthon, though it is thought that he was not in Wittenberg at the time.
What story has little foundation in truth? What story of little truth is a pillar of history? On whose comments is the posting on the door based? Where was Melanchthon at the time? What do scholars agree on about the posting on the door story?