The main criticism in Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses concerned the sale of indulgences, which Luther saw as a grave theological error. He argued that the Church’s practice of selling indulgences for the remission of sins was an abuse of power and that the Pope should empty purgatory if he has such jurisdiction over it. Luther also criticized the collection of money from poor Germans to support the wealthy papacy in Rome.
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