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| LUTHER, AT THE CASTLE CHURCH DOOR, OCT. 31, 1517 |
''TREASURY OF MERIT."
Indulgence
Roman Catholicism
Indulgence, a distinctive feature of the penitential system of both the Western medieval and the Roman Catholic Church that granted full or partial remission of the punishment of sin.Ask, for example: Why does not the pope liberate everyone from Purgatory for the sake of love (a most holy thing) and because of the supreme necessity of their souls? This would be morally the best of reasons. Meanwhile he redeems innumerable souls for money, a most perishable thing, with which to build St. Peter’s church, a very minor purpose.
With this blast, Luther began to knock down the house of cards, and by 1520 he came to the full realization of his immensely liberating theological message: salvation is free, and one does not have to do anything, much less pay anything, to obtain it. Virtually all forms of Protestantism would reject all or most of the penitential system, including indulgences. ARTICLE HERE:
*** SATAN THRIVES ON PEOPLE WHO DO NOT DO THEIR 'HOMEWORK!"
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