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They were one and the same until some people protested against the Catholic church telling people they could buy their way into Heaven - https://en.wikipedia.or
by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
They were one and the same until some people protested against the Catholic church telling people they could buy their way into Heaven - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses
- shsbdksn 2y agoThe sale of indulgences didn't work quite like that. The Catholic Church, like the Orthodox, has free confession which is the stairway to heaven. The sale of indulgences was a charitable donation done to mitigate the penalties of Purgatory. Abuses were committed, but the telling of the protestants is quite fantastic. It was not, for example, a get-of-Hell sale