In Germany to the Leipsic Disputation - James Aitken Wylie

stripping of their last farthing, even were he
compelled to sell the Mother Church of St. Peter.
52. To hope to be saved by indulgences is a
lying and an empty hope, although even the
commissary of indulgences – nay, further, the Pope
himself – should pledge their souls to guarantee it.
53. They are the enemies of the Pope and of
Jesus Christ who, by reason of the preaching of
indulgences, forbid the preaching of the Word of
God.
62. The true and precious treasure of the
Church is the holy Gospel of the glory and grace of
God.
76. The Papal pardons cannot remit even the
least of venal sins as regards the guilt.
These propositions Luther undertook to defend
next day in the university against all who might
choose to impugn them. No one appeared.
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