The Dominican Friar Johann Tetzel.
John Tetzel was hired by Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences in order to pay his debt to the Fugger bank (Albert of Mainz borrowed money from the bank to buy another position (simony) ; approved by Pope Leo X).
They could be called a consumer, a patron, a customer, or a client.
Sell it to me! Where is it at the moment?Jon
yes he sold everything to do with them
It Made Napoleon willing to sell the Louisiana territory.
Johann Tetzel was the person sent to Wittenberg to sell letters of indulgence. He was a Dominican friar whose aggressive promotion of indulgences in the early 16th century sparked significant controversy and ultimately contributed to the Protestant Reformation. Tetzel's famous slogan, "As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs," epitomized the practices that Martin Luther and others opposed.
John Tetzel was hired by Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences in order to pay his debt to the Fugger bank (Albert of Mainz borrowed money from the bank to buy another position (simony) ; approved by Pope Leo X).
Johann Tetzel. (The Dominican Friar)
indulgences
PARDONER
No pope ever urged anyone to sell indulgences. Selling indulgences is a grievous sin and always has been.
The ninety five thesis
* *
The Catholic Church, through its agents, the popes, cardinals and bishops, would sell indulgences. This practice has ceased.
The selling of Indulgences was stopped after the Reformation, was practiced only by certain unscrupulous individuals .
No pope ever authorized the sale of indulgences, that would be simony, and a very serious sin. Indulgences were always issued for good works, accompanied by prayer for the Pope, Sacramental confession, and Sacramental Communion. Up until the protestant revolt, one of those good works used to include almsgiving, but due to issues back then, that has been discontinued.
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.