Martin Luther. He did not have to challenge the Catholic Church. However, he did so, due to his belief that some of its practices were corrupt (e.g. the sale of indulgences).
The practice of granting an indulgence, which is the remission of temporal punishment due to sin (i.e., remission of restitution) have not ended. In fact, the Catholic Church has an official book of indulgences that is still in use today. What has ended was the corrupt practice of selling indulgences. The practice of selling indulgences was a problem that existed at least from the late 1300s till the early to mid 1500s. In fact, it was one of the "theses" that was pointed out by Martin Luther on his 95 Theses in 1517. By the mid-late 1500s, however, the practice of selling indulgences had largely died out.
One humanist priest who criticized corrupt popes and monks was Martin Luther. He was a key figure in the Protestant Reformation and spoke out against practices such as the selling of indulgences by the Catholic Church.
In his criticisms of the Catholic Church, Martin Luther argues that buying pardons (indulgences) is wrong and goes against the teachings of the Bible. He believes that salvation cannot be bought with money and that true repentance and faith are what lead to forgiveness from God. Luther condemns the practice of selling indulgences as a corrupt and exploitative way for the Church to make money.
Catholic Church who was authorized to grant papal indulgences, which were believed to provide forgiveness for sins. They were responsible for selling indulgences, which were certificates that ensured a person's entrance into heaven or reduced their time in purgatory. Pardoners often faced criticism for their corrupt practices and exploitation of people's religious beliefs.
a time period when the church broke into several groups causes: 1. indulgences 2. popes were wealthy,priests corrupt. 3. nepotism 4. simony, lay investiture 5. pluralism
Chaucer portrays the Pardoner as disheveled to suggest he is deceitful and untrustworthy. His unkempt appearance mirrors his corrupt moral character, emphasizing the hypocrisy of his profession as a seller of indulgences.
During the 1500's the Catholic Church was corrupt and used its money that it made from selling indulgences, like Pope Leo X, to be spent on extravagant building projects, like St. Peter's Basilica.Roman Catholic AnswerThe same things it has always done with its money, feed the poor, help people attain salvation, etc. One of the ways in which the Church has always done the later is the building of Churches. As for the Catholic Church being corrupt, the Catholic Church is composed exclusively of sinners, and yes, many of them have been corrupt. But sinners is who Jesus sent us to save. The Church, itself, is the Mystical Body of Christ, and, thus, can not be corrupt. Remember, as well, that the Catholic Church embraces the whole world, and the vast majority of "its money" is used on the local level. To make sweeping generalizations, as above, is historically ignorant, and prejudicial.
There have always been individuals in the Church who have been corrupt as every single individual who ever lived, saving Our Blessed Lord, and His Mother, have been sinners. The Church, however, is the Body of Christ, and Our Blessed Lord promised the Holy Spirit to guide Her until the end of the world. The Catholic Church is incapable of being corrupt, although individuals within her, including Popes, may be. To say that the Church was corrupt is to say that Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, was corrupt, which is nonsense. The vast majority of corrupt individuals during the Renaissance was neither more nor less than at any other time in history, it has just gotten a lot more press because heretics used corrupt individuals as an excuse to leave the Church and start their own religions. The Catholic Church, however, was never corrupt, and could never be.
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yes india is corrupt , but its not most corrupt country,
power in itself is not corrupt, but is it possible to corrupt power