HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Coverture, Indulgence
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The biggest issue with the fifth important attribute, which says the great chain of. Being is a chain not a ladder, is that humans wanted to achieve and move from their place. The pope was giving out indulgences to people who paid the church and telling them they would be (cid:364)saved(cid:365) The pope was also building onto the church with the people"s money. Since the pope was left out of the great chain of being, Luther punctured the chain in its weakest part (the pope) Luther was under a great deal of pressure to recant, but refused and stood behind his beliefs (cid:364)i cannot withhold the allegiance that i have with germany(cid:365) Said this because the tension between the pope and germany was a weak link, and bringing this up essentially saved him. Objection to the great chain of being. Luther is objecting to interpretations of where men should be in the great.
