S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries

The "95 Theses" were written in 1517 by a German priest and professor of theology named Martin Luther. His revolutionary ideas served as the catalyst for the eventual breaking away from the Catholi...

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Jack Gutknecht Supporter Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

I cite just 2 of Luther's theses to show an example of the importance of them all:

When it is said that not even St. Peter, if he were now pope, could grant a greater grace, it is blasphemy against St. Peter and the pope.

We assert the contrary, and say that he, and any pope whatever, possesses greater graces, viz., the gospel, spiritual powers, gifts of healing, etc., as is declared in 1 Corinthians 12:28-- ["And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues."].

Also, what Michael said about Purgatory and Martin Luther is correct. "Commercial Jingles and advertising slogans weren’t invented in the radio and television era. They have been around much longer. One of the most infamous commercial jingles in attributed to Johann Tetzel. Tetzel was a marketing guru, a top-earning salesman. He only sold bits of paper, but what he actually sold was false hope. In 1517 his sales pitch grabbed the attention of Martin Luther. Tetzel’s jingle was “as soon as the coin in the coffers ring, the soul from purgatory springs.” Tetzel was selling papal indulgences, which, he claimed, could either shorten your stay in purgatory or the stay of a loved one. Behind Tetzel selling indulgences was a complicated financial scheme." https://www.fromthebook.org/when-a-coin-in-the-coffer-rings/

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