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To: wideawake
Another interesting thing is that the Magisterium rejected both Tetzel's high view of indulgences and Luther's low view

Did they reject the money that came from the sale of indulgences? Would keeping that money be the medium view?

19 posted on 11/02/2012 11:21:14 AM PDT by xone
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To: xone
Did they reject the money that came from the sale of indulgences?

It is clear that you do not know what an indulgence is.

Would keeping that money be the medium view?

The orthodox view is that Luther's position (good works have effectively zero value) and Tetzel's position (good works have precise and measurable value) are false.

The orthodox view is that good works (like making a donation for the rebuilding of a church) have value as they proceed from faith - that they are not a means of salvation (like the saving grace that comes through faith), but they are a means of sanctification.

21 posted on 11/02/2012 11:55:02 AM PDT by wideawake
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