The Reformation Is More Than a Sale of Indulgences

There's real doubt as to whether Luther ever actually nailed those 95 theses. Most people who think that the Reformation is about 15 17 October 31 15 17 the 95 theses don't even know what they are. So indulgences were the sale of a kind of get out of purgatory slip. And when there was a guy going around Germany, Tetsl and saying things like coffee clinks from purgatory springs he did it in vittenberg. He wasn't raising money but he would plead with people not to do it at all. But yeah, there's a lot more to the Reformation than complaining about the sale of indulgences.

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