User:Hayled/Martin Luther's Main Criticism

When a person died, they were said to go to heaven or hell. It was thought that you passed through a place called purgatory on the way. In purgatory, people believed you were punished fir any sins you may have committed whilst you were alive. It wasn't meant to be a nice place to stay for very long. When you were alive, you could buy 'indulgences' from a bishop. This meant you travelled through purgatory quicker. Poo people didn't think this was very fair. They thought they were being punished for being poor. Martin Luther was very angry when Tetzel and his assistants began preaching and selling indulgences in Wittenburg. He was so angry that he sat down and wrote a list of arguments against the selling of Indulgences and he mailed the finished list to the door of the Wittenburg Castle in October 1517. This was later called 'The Ninefty Five Theses.' (Theses means arguments)