For Luther, indulgences represented a system that misrepresented the gospel of salvation by faith alone. His bold stand was a ...

Selling indulgences But after entering the monastery, Luther becomes increasingly doubtful that the Church can actually offer him salvation at all. His views crystallize even further with a trip ...

He caused damage to the Church.' In the past, indulgences were the subject of a fierce battle with the Catholic world of Northern Europe. What was contested was the practice of selling indulgences ...

Martin Luther’s opposition to the church’s practice of selling indulgences inspired him to launch the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s. He was excommunicated, and the practice of buying and ...