Question

Read the quote by Martin Luther.

You hear no one instructing the people about what indulgences are, or about how much they grant, or about the purpose they serve. Instead, all you hear is how much one must contribute. The people are always left in ignorance, so that they come to think that by gaining indulgences they are at once saved.

Identify the primary goal of this quote.

To call attention to Western Europeans not investing enough money into the church

To call attention to the Catholic Church’s corrupt practice of selling indulgences

To call attention to the need to spread Christianity across the world

To call attention to the Protestant Church’s corrupt practice of selling indulgences

Answer 1

To call attention to the Catholic Church’s corrupt practice of selling indulgences.

Luther is criticizing how people are uninformed about indulgences while the Church focuses on payment, implying corruption in the sale of indulgences.