To: grey_whiskers
Selling indulgences. Another historically inaccurate black legend to damage the Catholic Church developed by individuals trying to justify their own heresy. Oft cited (as is the error of the Crusades and Spanish Inquisition)...but totally false.
Myths About Indulgences
2 posted on
12/03/2006 5:45:11 PM PST by
big'ol_freeper
(It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
To: big'ol_freeper
Whether or not it was official Vatican doctrine, lots of priests went around raising money selling indulgence on the basis of this myth. The Vatican didn't ask questions as long as the money kept rolling in.
3 posted on
12/03/2006 6:09:55 PM PST by
DManA
To: big'ol_freeper
Yeah right, Luther made it all up. We knew that already. (rolling eyes)
7 posted on
12/03/2006 8:50:09 PM PST by
Shimmer128
( My beloved is mine and I am his. Song of Solomon 2:16)
To: big'ol_freeper
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