... Reformers later stated didn't exist). In 1517, Pope Leo X took things a bit further by announcing a blue light special ("feste dies" - jubilee bargain) on indulgences. Indulgences bought during this period were not just for already committed sins, but also for sins not yet committed. So, for example, if you wanted to steal a chicken, you could buy your indulgence beforehand, steal ... the people. Religious intolerance, however, raged unabated and all the sects continued to persecute one another for at least a century. In spite of religious controversies the Reformation is a period of ec...

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