Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-15
exchange my privileges for those of
Sc. Peter in heaven, for have
saved more souls with my indul-
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SdNta iilOIC OOu1c Will l8Qu
gences than he with his prayers.
There is no sin 80 great that I'll
indulgence cannot remit jt,and eve
if any one (Which is doubtless i'm
possible) offered violence to til
blessed Virgin Mary let HIN pay
LET him only pay largely, and
shall al. be forgiven him. Eyer
repentance is not indispensable.
But, more than all this, indul
gences not only save the liyin,
alone, they also saye the dead. Y
priests, mobiles, tradesmeD, wives
| husbands, maidens and young men
hearken to yolr departed parent
and friends who cry to you from
the Eottomless abyss, We are Ell
| during horrible ,torments; q small
aims wculi deliver us: you can Civ,
| it and you will not
AS soon rs the money doth clink In the chcs
The soul flies away to the land of the blest
Then would follow an exhorta
| tion, closing with Our Lord God NJ
longer deals with us as God; he has
given all power to the Pope HI
would speak Of the bones of st
Peter and St. Panl being without
proper covering from The elements
and then would cry out three times
and in his heavy voice, Bring YOU
money
| The following is copy of one
of the letters of indulgence given
by Tetzel: = -
"May cur l. ,rd Jesus Christ have
pity on thee and absolve thee 5y
| the merits Of His most holy passion
And I, IN virtue Of the apostolic
power that has been confided to me
| absolve thee from all ecclesiastical
censures, Judgments AID penalties
which thou mayst haye incurred
Moreover, from all exccsses, sins
and crimes that thou mayst have
committed, mo matter how enormous
they may be and from whatsoever
cause; were they even reserved for
our most Eoly father the Pope and
for the Apostolic See, / blot out all
stains of inability and all marks Of
infamy that thou nayst have drawn
upon thyself on this occasion. [ re,
nit. the penalties that thou shouldst
have endured in purgatory. | re-
tore thee anew to participation in
the sacraments of the church. l
incorporate thee afresh in the COM
munion Of saints and re-establish
thee in the purity and innocence
which thou hadst at thy baptism, SO
that in the hour Of death the gates
by which sinners enter the place of
torments and punishments shall be
closed against thee, and, on the con
trary. the gate leading to the para
disc Of joy shall be open. And if
thou shouldst not die for long years
this grace shall remaiE unalterable
until the last hour shall have ar
rived.
in the name Of the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost. Amen.
sFriar John Tetzel, Commissary'
has signed this with his own hand.
LUTHER SURPRISED AND INDIGNANT.
Luther's first knowledge of this
traffic was brought to him by some
of his own parishloners. who, living
in Wittenberg, had gone to neigh
boring town to purchase some of
the new merchandise. They came
to him and confessed great irregu>
larities and even crimes which they
had committed, and OH being re-
buked by Luther they replied that
they did not intend to abandon their
sins. Luther was shocked and
would not absolye them unless they
changed their habits. They then
showed him their letters of indus I
gence, believing in their efficacy
rhe poor dupes returned to Tetzel
with complaints against their con-
lessor, and he thre eatened to excom>
municate and bring the most dread
ful maledictions to bear against
Luther and any others who dared
question the etficacylof his indu Il
sences. Luther appealed to the
bishops and to the Pope. They
would not interfere. Then he
wrote out the famous twenty-five
,heses as subjects for discussion att
he coming holiday Of All Saints
md nailed them to the door Of The
,hurch at Wittenberg, on October
81. 1877. From that date until
lis death, in his sixty-third year, at
Iisleben, he wrote and prraebefi, !
inding in his family and III music !
lis only recreation from Incessant
oil, the results of which the Pro-
estant world views with wonder and !
dmiration. o1bh I
THE EINETYsFIvE THESES. /.
The principal points of the theses |
re are as follows: far
/. Our Lord and Master Jesus
,hrist when He commands US to
epeut intends that our whole lives
hall be one of repentance.
2, This word cannot he uiIdnr
TODD of the sacrament of pennnce
i. e, confession and satlsfact;oil as
administered by the priest.
8. Still the Lord does not n,ean
O speak in this place solely Of IN
ernal repentanc :, which is mil IL it
PRODUCES not externally every kind
# modification of the flesh.
4: Repentance and sorrow that is
rue penitence lasts as long as a man
5 displeased with himsdlf, that Is,
While he passes from this to eternal
ife. -z1."a2i- zfa'tl
8. Thu Pope neither intends, nor
an he remit any other punishment
han that which he has imposed, !
according to his good PLEASURE, or
n conformity with the canons-
hat is, to- the Papal ordinances.
g. The Pope can forgive no debt,
,ut can only declare and confirm
he forgiveness which God Himself
las given, except in cases that refer
% himself. GIf he does otherwise
he debts remain unremoyed and
lnforgiven.
z. God forgiyes the SINS of no
me whom He does not at the same
lime humble, and who is not willing
20 obey his confessor,
g.. The laws of ecclesiastic il pen
ance ought to be imposed solely Gil
he Lying, and hays no regard to
ihe dead.
81. Therefore the preachers of in
lulgence are in error when they say
hat in consequence Of the Pope's
ndulgences men are liberated from
Ill sin and saved.
25. The same power that the |
ponn has over nuroatOry thrOugilS |