Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhen did Cash for Chritianity become a thing? When even Jesus the son of god wouldn't stand for it in a church? If they preach why don't they practice from the bible?message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down16
arrow-up1154arrow-down1message-squareWhen did Cash for Chritianity become a thing? When even Jesus the son of god wouldn't stand for it in a church? If they preach why don't they practice from the bible?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoSince the very beginning. Martin Luther (not King) famously criticized the selling of indulgences to get deceased loved ones out of purgatory and into heaven. “Another coin in the coffer rings, another soul into heaven springs.”
minus-squareDomeGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoMartin Luther was more than 1000 years after the start of Christianity. Heck, he may have been 1000 years from the conversion of Rome.
Since the very beginning. Martin Luther (not King) famously criticized the selling of indulgences to get deceased loved ones out of purgatory and into heaven. “Another coin in the coffer rings, another soul into heaven springs.”
Martin Luther was more than 1000 years after the start of Christianity. Heck, he may have been 1000 years from the conversion of Rome.