91. The Reformation I
Undeceptions with John Dickson
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The Importance of Indulgence
You could buy an indulgence for your dead mother or father to release them from Purgatory and send them to Paradise. This practice was denounced by some at the time, within the Catholic Church I mean. But it nonetheless took off and Tetsl preached his heart out across Germany. On October 31st 1517 he posted a set of 95 Theses on the door of Wittenberg's Castle Church. They were propositions meant to stimulate academic debate on the sale of indulgences but provoked somewhat more than a debate. It was the beginning of one of the greatest ruptures in European history. A rupture that permanently split the church. Triggered wars,. Created new city states and even
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