Johann Tetzel was sent to Germany to sell indulgences.
They sold indulgences, which were the worst kind of toxic asset, since they set off the 30 years' war.
The Church surely sold indulgences here.
The church's practice of selling indulgences in the Middle Ages helped to spawn the Reformation.
During the Renaissance, the Catholic Church started actually selling indulgences, for cash, to wealthy patrons.
It's like the Middle Ages when the Pope was selling indulgences.
The statement that the medieval Roman Catholic Church sold indulgences is in error.
The church never sold indulgences, although corrupt churchmen did.
Luther argued that the Church should not sell indulgences.
Biblical moneylenders made themselves at home in the temple, and in an early example of creative securitizing, the medieval church sold indulgences.