488 years later-take THAT Martin Luther!!!

Luther nails his 95 propositions, or theses,
to the door of All Saints Church, Wittenberg.

and that one could pray to God without intercession?

and others

Actually I haven't attended a church service in......oh....... 28? years

however, indulgences are not wrong per se...

back in 2000, you were got a plenary indulgence if you visited all the parishes inside you diocese.

you can pray your way out of heaven and that good works supersedes grace.

of course they exist...

Do you believe that we are just piles of dung, and only by being blanketted in god's grace like a white snow, can we sneak into heaven (paraphrased luther)?

I'm by no means a scholar, but i think I am correct in saying that one of Luther's major beefs with the RC church was the concept of indulgences. In Luther's day, lay members could buy indulgences (in the form of giving money to the church) as a means of guaranteeing their place in heaven.

This practice has since changed (with Vatican II? -I'm not sure).

Indulgences are now granted through praying the rosary and what is refereed to as the intersession of the saints. Catholics pray to the saints and Mary to intercede on their behalf. It's my understanding that it's a means dipping into the good deeds fund left by the saints.

(note: I am a practicing catholic, but I was raised without having it's dogma slammed down my throat, so I'm not so up on my catechism.)

i took my picture with those doors - pretty cool

Pope RatMan IS Martin Luther, Well thats what I got from the graphics in that fake attack ad...sorry don't understand Latin..lol


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