[Elsie]

One thing I do remember my mother telling me was that the Catholic church charged money for those who lost loved ones, with the promise that the priests would say prayers to pray them out of “purgatory”....the more money paid would translate into the less time the person would have to spend in purgatory.

Look up indulgences.

Just one of the things Luther was highlighting as ERROR in the church.

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While Luther did not deny the Pope's right to grant pardons for penance imposed by the Church, he made it clear that preachers who claimed indulgences absolved those who obtained them from all punishments and granted them salvation were in error, in agreement with Catholic theology.

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Luther's Attack on Indulgences

www.genevanfoundation.com/luthers-attack-on-indulgences/

Sep 28, 2017 - As we get closer to October 31, 2017, let us remember the bold and courageous effort made 500 years ago by Dr. Martin Luther (1483-1546) to attack a gross theological error that was being promoted within the Roman Catholic Church. He argued in his 95 Theses against the selling of Indulgences (i.e. ...

[Kalamata]

Thank you, Elsie.