... theses, in which challenged papal authority and criticized its perceived corruption, particularly with regard to instances of sold indulgences. It also states that the Pope was false authority and all people within the faith are equal. Most of this is due to the new learning of the Renaissance, which questioned ... bidder rather than the best qualified, and Nepotism, where the clergy favour their own family and friends over others. The popes were also corrupted. Pope Alexander VI invited prostitutes to the Vatican and even secured a Kingdom for his son. Pop Leo X granted people indulgenc...

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