Martin Luther to Bishop

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Individual clergymen always expressed doubts about the policies of the Catholic popes, but by the 14th century, a number of religious reform movements were founded. Most were unsuccessful, but in the early 16th century, several reform movements succeeded, leading to the Protestant Reformation. The name of Martin Luther unarguably comes on the top. Although reformers had many complaints about the Catholic Church of the 16th century, the practice of selling "indulgences" raised the most opposition. An indulgence was a payment to the Catholic Church that purchased an exemption from punishment for some types of sins. The customers were Catholic believers who feared that some sins might go unnoticed or unconfessed. In the following letter, Martin Luther not only questioned the practice but also gave hints of the impending revolt.

To the Most Reverend Father in Christ and Most Illustrious Lord,

JESUS

From Wittenberg on the Vigil of All Saints, MDXVII

My The grace of God be with you in all its fullness and power! Spare me, Most Reverend Father in Christ that I, the dregs of humanity, have so much boldness that I have dared to think of a letter to the height of your Sublimity. The Lord Jesus is my witness that, conscious of my smallness and baseness, I have long deferred what I am now shameless enough to do. Meanwhile, therefore, may your Highness deign to cast an eye upon one speck of dust, and for the sake of your pontifical clemency to heed my prayer. Papal indulgences for the building of St. Peter's are circulating under your most distinguished name, and as regards them, I do not bring accusation against the outcries of the preachers, which I have not heard, so much as I grieve over the wholly false impressions which the people have conceived from them; to wit, -- the unhappy souls believe that if they have purchased letters of indulgence they are sure of their salvation; again, that so soon as they cast their contributions into the money-box, souls fly out of purgatory; furthermore, that these graces are so great that there is no sin too great to be absolved, even, if one had violated the Mother of God; again, that a man is free, through these indulgences, from all penalty and guilt.


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