samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Since the very beginning. Martin Luther (not King) famously criticized the selling of indulgences to get deceased loved ones out of purgatory and into heaven. “Another coin in the coffer rings, another soul into heaven springs,”
DomeGuy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Martin Luther was more than 1000 years after the start of Christianity. Heck, he may have been 1000 years from the conversion of Rome.