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participates in all the blessings of Christ and the church; and this is granted him by God, even without indulgence letters.” He believed God was the only person that could grant forgiveness. He crossed the line and committed a heresie by saying that the Pope and the Church did not have the spiritual authority to grant indulgences. In his writings he also said, “Those priests act ignorantly and wickedly who, in the case of the dying, reserve canonical penalties for purgatory.” He believed…

being saved." Tetzel: " The Pope is saying these indulgences will save your soul, are you saying you don't believe in the authority of the Pope?" Luther: " As I have said before, ' the Pope has neither the will nor the power to remit any penalties'. Also, the bible has never said that you'd have to pay for your safety from purgatory. Who gives the Pope the authority to play God and create different aspects of the religion that aren't in the bible?" Tetzel: " The Pope is the connection between…

favored the formation of general church councils to reduce papal power. In addition, the reformers criticized the papacy, who had seen earlier reform movements and the crusaders alter their original high-minded purposes to suit the ambitions of the popes. The bourgeoisie also affected the reform of the papacy whose realistic outlook was adopting growing skepticism, national patriotism, and…

later printed, then given to the Pope (Dutton, 392). The Pope later declared Luther as an outlaw to the Catholic Church in the Edict of Worms (Dutton, 395), tarnishing Luther’s reputation. The papacy’s power and how it was being used to further boost themselves shows the corruption that Martin Luther was trying to expose and/or fix. A lot of Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses was based around indulgences that the papacy uses to gain wealth. Luther believes that the Pope is being selfish with his money…

Significant Differences of the Protestants and Catholic Church Both Protestants and Catholics are Christians; they just differ in certain areas much like the two topics that are about to be discussed (ExploreGod Web). First, was the Catholic Church and from there branched off the Protestants due to different ways of wanting to do things. Martin Luther’s 95 Theses are what started the Protestants to branch off from the Roman Catholic Church as a whole. Two of the significant differences between…

than the pope. However, when Pope Gregory implemented his Gregorian reforms that stripped all state appointed bishops and clergymen of their church titles. At this point Pope Gregory was stepping out of the religious field and into the political battleground. The Gregorian reforms forced Henry to act, because he needed to defend his political power as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Thus, Henry was fulfilling his duty as a Christian king, by protecting his political authority against Pope…

was asking for forgiveness from Pope Francis after the pope set him out of Rome due to the last crime he did. Therefore Caravaggio did not want to lose his old rich life and that is why he wanted forgiveness from the pope. Therefore, many claim that this painting was not painted as a self-portrait for his older and younger versions of himself, to show all the destruction he was going through. In fact; it was done by Caravaggio to ask for forgiveness from the Pope Francis for all the crimes he…

world today. The office of the Pope was instituted early in the history of the Church. The Papacy was established much later. The leader of the church in Rome was a Bishop as was customary in the early church. In its origin the office of the Pope was not unlike any other office in church leadership, the term was not used exclusively at the church in Rome nor did it convey any special authority not available to the bishop of any other church in the empire. The term “Pope” is derived from the…

among the rest of Germany. Luther One of Martin Luther’s argument is that the Pope does not copy the livelihood of Jesus and St. Peter. Another argument is that he does not think cardinals were created to help spread Christianity, but rather do the work of the antichrist. The major theological differences between Luther and the…

Vatican’s population and labor force consists mainly of Catholic priests, nuns, guards and dignitaries but about 3,000 other workers enter the area each day. Its government type is considered ecclesiastical and its chief of state is the Catholic Pope,…