Pope Leo X was accused by Martin Luther of selling indulgences or allowing the sale of indulgences.
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Martin Luther was the one who protested against the catholic church (pope) for selling indulgences.
My guess is Indulgences. Indulgences are certificates which are said to forgive all sins attempted by any individual. They are sold by the Roman Catholic Churche to build sculptures. The idea is brought up by Pope Julius II. He needed money to build beautiful sculptures which he loves.
Martin Luther was the reformer who challenged the Catholic Church over Indulgences.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Church never sold anything to replace penance. There were some abuses connected with indulgences issued for donations to help repair St. Peter's in Rome, in the sixteenth century, and the indulgences replaced penance, but the Church has never offered them for sale, and due to the abuses, indulgences are now never offered for alms.
Selling indulgences raised money for the church and the pope. They managed to convince the people to buy indulgences even though common sense would tell people that buying a piece of paper does not rid all of a person's sins.
Martin Luther protested against the nature of penance, the authority of the pope and the usefulness of indulgences.
Martin Luther was the one who protested against the catholic church (pope) for selling indulgences.
.Catholic AnswerHe shouldn't and he doesn't. Any bishop of a diocese can issue indulgences for his diocese. The only difference with the Pope is that his jurisdiction extends over the entire world, not just Rome, of which he is the Bishop.
In the 1500s, the Pope sold indulgences as a way to raise money. Indulgences were certificates that people could buy, supposedly granting them forgiveness for their sins or reducing their time in purgatory. This practice was one of the main causes of the Protestant Reformation led by Martin Luther.
My guess is Indulgences. Indulgences are certificates which are said to forgive all sins attempted by any individual. They are sold by the Roman Catholic Churche to build sculptures. The idea is brought up by Pope Julius II. He needed money to build beautiful sculptures which he loves.
Pope Leo X was accussed by Martin Luther of selling indulgences.
The overall corruption of the church was a big concern. The biggest example of the church's corruption was the selling of "indulgences" by the Pope and the Catholic Church.
Selling indulgences is a serious sin called simony. Simony I believe would involve an automatic excommunication, so it would certainly trouble a Catholic. However, indulgences have always been issued for the performance of one of the works of penance, i.e. fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. Receiving an indulgence in return for giving alms under the usual conditions is not a sin, and never happened in the Catholic Church. There was one point in the early 16th century when Martin Luther accused the Bishops and the Pope of "selling" indulgences but all of the evidence we have for this can be traced back to Martin Luther and his questionable writings. There is no proof that indulgences were ever "sold".
No pope ever urged anyone to sell indulgences. Selling indulgences is a grievous sin and always has been.
SaveJohn Tetzel used indulgences to raise money to build Pope Leo's St. Basilica. What are indulgences?
They are not pardons. They are called indulgences and they can be earned by pious acts and will shorten or eliminate time in Purgatory.
A monk that raised money for the church by selling indulgences is John Tetzel. It is believed that his action inspired Martin Luther to write the Ninety-Five Theses.