Tetzel, a Roman Catholic friar and preacher, was persuading many residents to add more money to the coffer because the more money they donated, the "safer" from hell they and their family and would be. ... " Because so many people were giving away money, there had to be more money fashioned! ... Every day, mostly rich people, would run to the church to donate additional money so they could save themselves and their dead relatives from Hell. ... The old man was probably telling the priest that he did not have enough money to add to the coffer. ... Many people, specifically the ri...

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Indulgences were letters of partial forgiveness of peoples sins, given for a donation of money. ... Especially the Peter Indulgence where the money was used to finish building St Peters Basilica in Rome. ... Protestantism, which encouraged people individually to decide what they needed to do to be saved and more importantly caused people to stray away from traditional beliefs and explore the power of the human mind. ...

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In a period when political and religious ideas were enmeshed and differences entrenched, the ascension of a Protestant Queen to a religiously confused nation was precarious. Despite the brevity of Mary's reign, she had managed legislatively to reassemble Catholicism. Following a decade of religious oscillation and volatile foreign relations, Elizabeth's religious settlement was not only fluid and ecumenical however Elizabeth was not predominantly concerned that every man, woman and child accepted the doctrines and practices of "one consistent religion. What she wanted was obed...

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