jan 1, 1483 - 1483-1546 Martin Luther:

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• He was a reform-minded Augustinian monk who taught at the University of Wittenberg in Saxony.
- Indulgences were payments that would reduce a person’s punishment in Purgatory, or perhaps the pain of a loved one who had already died.
- Tetzel: “As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs.”
- The pope was looking for additional revenues to pay for the construction of Michelangelo’s dome atop St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

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