This series aims to show how indulgence preachers stoked the fear of purgatory and, supported by Dominican monks, sold indulgences to the people. Hans Sachs put into the mouth of the most famous indulgence preacher, Johann Tetzel (1465-1519), the words "When the florin rings in the box, the soul leaps to heaven." With this he wanted to denounce the trade of the church with "the holy commodity". Martin Luther, on the other hand, argued that God does not owe justice to any human being, but grants it by grace. He formulated the 95 Theses against indulgences in 1517. Drawing and engraving: Werner Otto.
Group
Flat Figure(s)
Condition
Extra Fine painted (oil)
Scale
Size 30 mm
Material
Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
Number of parts
8
Epoch
Renaissance
Nationality/Location
Germany
State
new
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