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Sale of Indulgences

Germany · Religion / Protestant Church. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1517Date range
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1517

Martin Luther1517

Wittemberg · Religion / Protestant Church

Luther begins his Reformation by criticizing the selling of indulgences, insisting that the Pope had no authority over purgatory and that the Catholic doctrine of the merits of the saints had no foundation in the gospel

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Martin Luther

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