The indulgence controversy, again.

From: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and PublicLife | Date: December 1, 2001| Author: Root, Michael | Copyright information

Most Protestants may not be able to give a precise explanation of the doctrine of justification or, for that matter, of any other central doctrine of the Reformation, but they often have a vag-ue sense that Martin Luther's protest began with an attack on indulgences. What exactly indulgences were may be a bit foggy for them, but they know indulgences were something bad, very Roman Catholic, and had something to do with working or, worse, buying one's way into heaven.

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