Johann Tetzel
Albrecht of Brandenburg
The young Archbishop of Mainz whose debt for his offices was paid with the St. Peter’s indulgence, and to whom Luther sent the Ninety-Five Theses.
Indulgences
The Roman doctrine of indulgences and the controversy that led Luther to post the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517.
Indulgences
The Roman doctrine of indulgences and the controversy that led Luther to post the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517.
Johann Tetzel
The Dominican indulgence preacher whose sales just beyond Wittenberg’s border provoked Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses.
Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X, 1513 to 1521: the Medici pope under whom the indulgence controversy broke out, who condemned Luther in Exsurge Domine and excommunicated him.
Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X, 1513 to 1521: the Medici pope under whom the indulgence controversy broke out, who condemned Luther in Exsurge Domine and excommunicated him.
The Popes During the Reformation
The condition of the papacy through the Reformation and the succession of popes who responded to it.
The Popes During the Reformation
The condition of the papacy through the Reformation and the succession of popes who responded to it.
