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    the selling of indulgences by the Church. An indulgence was a written note with the seal of the pope‚ which when sold to any person‚ absolved that person of their sins. This angered Martin Luther because it was morally corrupt and went against the notion of confession. Originally a person would go and confess their sins and then get absolved by the priest. Now‚ people would buy a formal document stating that they have repented and be automatically absolved. Martin Luther saw indulgences as a way for

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    that time‚ the Catholic Church was the center of everybody’s daily lives and they made known their authority through the teachings of the clergy and the selling of indulgences‚ which was paying money for the pardon of sins. In 1517‚ Martin Luther was so fed up with the corruption of the Church as evidenced by the selling of indulgences that he wrote a list of 95 theses that challenged the Catholic Church and made known his intention of changing or modifying the Church. Because Martin defied the Church

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    which started the Protestant Reformation. After a while the Catholic church began to use indulgences; the practice had been banned in Germany‚ but it was used anyway. A lot of the churches used the money to make renovations to the church or the money went to the pope. Almost immediately‚ Martin did not like the practice of indulgences. He soon wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences.” That is also known as the 95 Theses. A lot of people believe he nailed this on the door

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    This was like church tax and by paying these indulgences people believed they were buying their way to heaven. indulgences are only possible because of God’s love displayed on the Cross. Without Jesus Christ‚ we would have no chance to be forgiven and obtain salvation.Who is Pope Leo? Leo X was born Giovanni de’ Medici‚ the second son

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    The Code of Canon Law defines an indulgence as “a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven” 1. According to the Catholic Church‚ purchasing indulgences enabled the deceased to spend a shortened amount of time in purgatory. Purgatory is defined by The Code of Canon Law as “purification‚ so as to achieve the holiness

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    far left‚ you would risk falling‚ and same goes for when you go too far right. If you walk in the middle‚ however‚ where there is enough room‚ you wouldn’t risk falling‚ and this middle is the Middle Path. The two sides are self-explanatory‚ self-indulgence includes reliance upon intense pleasure in order to find happiness. On the other hand‚ some philosophical systems say that somehow by torturing one’s own body‚ his/her soul will be able to soar free and he/she would be

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    Catholic Church to split into __________________and _________________. In response‚ the Catholic Church held the _______________________________ and started the __________________________________________________‚ where they got rid of indulgences. Both are still branches of Christianity but differ on their beliefs on how you connect with ___________‚ who is the head of the Church (Catholics believe it is the _____________). The protestant reformation could not have happened without

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    specific in the way they went about their sacred rules. Three of the main differing branches were Lutherans‚ Calvinists‚ and Anabaptists. It all started with the Protestant Reformation in 1517 when Martin Luther announced his disagreement with the indulgences that the Pope had been permitting. After Luther’s difference with the Catholic church‚ a new branch of Christianity formed‚ Protestant. While Protestants and Catholics have similarities‚ the amount of differences is far greater in aspects such as

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