,disputation of ,doctor ,martin ,luther 
on the ,power and ,efficacy of          
,indulgences    by ,dr4 ,martin ,luther1
 #aeag      ,published in3    ,works of 
,martin ,luther    ,adolph ,spaeth1     
,l4,d4 ,reed1 ,henry ,eyster ,jacobs1 et
 ,al41 ,trans4  ,eds4    7,philadelphia3
 ,a4 ,j4 ,holman ,company1 #aiae71 ,vol4
 #a1 pp4 #bi-ch4                        
,,disputation ,,of ,,doctor ,,martin    
,,luther    ,,on ,,the ,,power ,,and    
,,efficacy ,,of    ,,indulgences        
,,october #ca1 #aeag    ,out of love for
 the truth and the desire to bring it to
 light1 the  following propositions will
 be discussed at ,wittenberg1 under the 
presidency of the ,reverend ,father     
,martin ,luther1 ,master of ,arts and of
  ,sacred ,theology1 and ,lecturer in   
,ordinary on the same at that place4    
,wherefore he requests that those who   
are unable to be present and  debate    
orally with us1 may do so by letter4    
,in the ,name our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 
,amen4    #a4 ,our ,lord and ,master    

,jesus ,christ1 when ,he said           
,poenitentiam agite1  willed that the   
whole life of believers should be       
repentance4    #b4 ,this word cannot be 
understood to mean sacramental penance1 
i4e41  confession and satisfaction1     
which is administered by the priests4   
#c4 ,yet it means not inward repentance 
only2 nay1 there is no inward           
repentance which does not outwardly work
 divers mortifications of the  flesh4   
#d4 ,the penalty of sin1 therefore1     
continues so long as hatred of self     
continues2 for this is the true inward  
repentance1 and continues until  our    
entrance into the kingdom of heaven4    
#e4 ,the pope does not intend to remit1 
and cannot remit any penalties  other   
than those which he has imposed either  
by his own authority or by  that of the 
,canons4    #f4 ,the pope cannot remit  
any guilt1 except by declaring that it  
has  been remitted by ,god and by       
assenting to ,god's remission2 though1  
to be  sure1 he may grant remission in  

cases reserved to his judgment4 ,if his 
right to grant remission in such cases  
were despised1 the guilt would  remain  
entirely unforgiven4    #g4 ,god remits 
guilt to no one whom ,he does not1 at   
the same time1  humble in all things and
 bring into subjection to ,his vicar1   
the  priest4  #h4 ,the penitential      
canons are imposed only on the living1  
and1  according to them1 nothing should 
be imposed on the dying4    #i4         
,therefore the ,holy ,spirit in the pope
 is kind to us1 because in his  decrees 
he always makes exception of the article
 of death and of  necessity4    #aj4    
,ignorant and wicked are the doings of  
those priests who1 in the  case of the  
dying1 reserve canonical penances for   
purgatory4    #aa4 ,this changing of the
 canonical penalty to the penalty of    
purgatory  is quite evidently one of the
 tares that were sown while the bishops 
slept4    #ab4 ,in former times the     
canonical penalties were imposed not    
after1 but  before absolution1 as tests 

of true contrition4    #ac4 ,the dying  
are freed by death from all penalties2  
they are already  dead to canonical     
rules1 and have a right to be released  
from them4    #ad4 ,the imperfect health
 of soul1 that is to say1 the imperfect 
love1  of the dying brings with it1 of  
necessity1 great fear2 and the smaller  
the love1 the greater is the fear4      
#ae4 ,this fear and horror is sufficient
 of itself alone 7to say nothing  of    
other things7 to constitute the penalty 
of purgatory1 since it is  very near to 
the horror of despair4    #af4 ,hell1   
purgatory1 and heaven seem to differ as 
do despair1  almost-despair1 and the    
assurance of safety4    #ag4 ,with souls
 in purgatory it seems necessary that   
horror should grow  less and love       
increase4    #ah4 ,it seems unproved1   
either by reason or ,scripture1 that    
they are  outside the state of merit1   
that is to say1 of increasing love4     
#ai4 ,again1 it seems unproved that     
they1 or at least that all of them1  are

 certain or assured of their own        
blessedness1 though we may be quite     
certain of it4    #bj4 ,therefore by    
full remission of all penalties the pope
 means not  actually of all1 but only of
 those imposed by himself4    #ba4      
,therefore those preachers of           
indulgences are in error1 who say that  
by the pope's indulgences a man is freed
 from every penalty1 and saved2    #bb4 
,whereas he remits to souls in purgatory
 no penalty which1 according  to the    
canons1 they would have had to pay in   
this life4  #bc4 ,if it is  at all      
possible to grant to any one the        
remission of all penalties  whatsoever1 
it is certain that this remission can be
 granted only to  the most perfect1 that
 is1 to the very fewest4    #bd4 ,it    
must needs be1 therefore1 that the      
greater part of the people  are deceived
 by that indiscriminate and highsounding
 promise of release  from penalty4      
#be4 ,the power which the pope has1 in a
 general way1 over purgatory1 is  just  

like the power which any bishop or      
curate has1 in a special way1  within   
his own diocese or parish4    #bf4 ,the 
pope does well when he grants remission 
to souls in  purgatory1 not by the power
 of the keys 7which he does not         
possess71  but by way of intercession4  
#bg4 ,they preach man who say that so   
soon as the penny jingles into the      
money-box1 the soul flies out of        
purgatory4    #bh4 ,it is certain that  
when the penny jingles into the         
money-box1 gain  and avarice can be     
increased1 but the result of the        
intercession of the  ,church is in the  
power of ,god alone4    #bi4 ,who knows 
whether all the souls in purgatory wish 
to be bought out  of it1 as in the      
legend of ,sts4 ,severinus and ,paschal4
    #cj4 ,no one is sure that his own   
contrition is sincere2 much less that   
he has attained full remission4    #ca4 
,rare as is the man that is truly       
penitent1 so rare is also the man  who  
truly buys indulgences1 i4e41 such men  

are most rare4    #cb4 ,they will be    
condemned eternally1 together with their
 teachers1 who  believe themselves sure 
of their salvation because they have    
letters of  pardon4    #cc4 ,men must be
 on their guard against those who say   
that the pope's  pardons are that       
inestimable gift of ,god by which man is
 reconciled to  ,him2    #cd4 ,for these
 graces of pardon concern only the      
penalties of  sacramental satisfaction1 
and these are appointed by man4    #ce4 
,they preach no ,christian doctrine who 
teach that contrition is not  necessary 
in those who intend to buy souls out of 
purgatory or to buy  confessionalia4    
#cf4 ,every truly repentant ,christian  
has a right to full remission of        
penalty and guilt1 even without letters 
of pardon4    #cg4 ,every true          
,christian1 whether living or dead1 has 
part in all the  blessings of ,christ   
and the ,church2 and this is granted him
 by ,god1  even without letters of      
pardon4    #ch4 ,nevertheless1 the      

remission and participation in the      
blessings of  the ,church which are     
granted by the pope are in no way to be 
despised1  for they are1 as ,i have     
said1 the declaration of divine         
remission4    #ci4 ,it is most          
difficult1 even for the very keenest    
theologians1 at one  and the same time  
to commend to the people the abundance  
of pardons and  the need of true        
contrition4    #dj4 ,true contrition    
seeks and loves penalties1 but liberal  
pardons only  relax penalties and cause 
them to be hated1 or at least1 furnish  
an  occasion for hating them4    #da4   
,apostolic pardons are to be preached   
with caution1 lest the people  may      
falsely think them preferable to other  
good works of love4    #db4 ,christians 
are to be taught that the pope does not 
intend the  buying of pardons to be     
compared in any way to works of mercy4  
#dc4 ,christians are to be taught that  
he who gives to the poor or lends  to   
the needy does a better work than buying

 pardons2    #dd4 ,because love grows by
 works of love1 and man becomes better2 
but by  pardons man does not grow       
better1 only more free from penalty4    
#de4 ,christians are to be taught that  
he who sees a man in need1 and  passes  
him by1 and gives his money for pardons1
 purchases not the  indulgences of the  
pope1 but the indignation of ,god4      
#df4 ,christians are to be taught that  
unless they have more than they  need1  
they are bound to keep back what is     
necessary for their own  families1 and  
by no means to squander it on pardons4  
#dg4 ,christians are to be taught that  
the buying of pardons is a matter  of   
free will1 and not of commandment4      
#dh4 ,christians are to be taught that  
the pope1 in granting pardons1  needs1  
and therefore desires1 their devout     
prayer for him more than the  money they
 bring4    #di4 ,christians are to be   
taught that the pope's pardons are      
useful1 if  they do not put their trust 
in them2 but altogether harmful1 if     

through  them they lose their fear of   
,god4    #ej4 ,christians are to be     
taught that if the pope knew the        
exactions of  the pardon-preachers1 he  
would rather that ,st4  ,peter's church 
should  go to ashes1 than that it should
 be built up with the skin1 flesh and   
bones of his sheep4    #ea4 ,christians 
are to be taught that it would be the   
pope's wish1 as it  is his duty1 to give
 of his own money to very many of those 
from whom  certain hawkers of pardons   
cajole money1 even though the church of 
,st4  ,peter might have to be sold4     
#eb4 ,the assurance of salvation by     
letters of pardon is vain1 even  though 
the commissary1 nay1 even though the    
pope himself1 were to stake  his soul   
upon it4    #ec4 ,they are enemies of   
,christ and of the pope1 who bid the    
,word of ,god  be altogether silent in  
some ,churches1 in order that pardons   
may be  preached in others4    #ed4     
,injury is done the ,word of ,god when1 
in the same sermon1 an equal  or a      

longer time is spent on pardons than on 
this ,word4    #ee4 ,it must be the     
intention of the pope that if pardons1  
which are a  very small thing1 are      
celebrated with one bell1 with single   
processions  and ceremonies1 then the   
,gospel1 which is the very greatest     
thing1  should be preached with a       
hundred bells1 a hundred processions1 a 
hundred ceremonies4    #ef4 ,the        
treasures of the ,church1 out of which  
the pope grants  indulgences1 are not   
sufficiently named or known among the   
people of  ,christ4    #eg4 ,that they  
are not temporal treasures is certainly 
evident1 for many  of the vendors do not
 pour out such treasures so easily1 but 
only  gather them4    #eh4 ,nor are they
 the merits of ,christ and the ,saints1 
for even without  the pope1 these always
 work grace for the inner man1 and the  
cross1  death1 and hell for the outward 
man4    #ei4 ,st4 ,lawrence said that   
the treasures of the ,church were the   
,church's poor1 but he spoke according  

to the usage of the word in his  own    
time4    #fj4 ,without rashness we say  
that the keys of the ,church1 given by  
,christ's merit1 are that treasure2     
#fa4 ,for it is clear that for the      
remission of penalties and of reserved  
cases1 the power of the pope is of      
itself sufficient4    #fb4 ,the true    
treasure of the ,church is the ,most    
,holy ,gospel of the  glory and the     
grace of ,god4    #fc4 ,but this        
treasure is naturally most odious1 for  
it makes the first  to be last4    #fd4 
,on the other hand1 the treasure of     
indulgences is naturally most           
acceptable1 for it makes the last to be 
first4    #fe4 ,therefore the treasures 
of the ,gospel are nets with which they 
formerly were wont to fish for men of   
riches4    #ff4 ,the treasures of the   
indulgences are nets with which they now
 fish  for the riches of men4    #fg4   
,the indulgences which the preachers cry
 as the greatest graces  are known to be
 truly such1 in so far as they promote  

gain4    #fh4 ,yet they are in truth the
 very smallest graces compared with the 
grace of ,god and the piety of the      
,cross4    #fi4 ,bishops and curates are
 bound to admit the commissaries of     
apostolic pardons1 with all reverence4  
#gj4 ,but still more are they bound to  
strain all their eyes and attend  with  
all their ears1 lest these men preach   
their own dreams instead of  the        
commission of the pope4    #ga4 ,he who 
speaks against the truth of apostolic   
pardons1 let him be  anathema and       
accursed6    #gb4 ,but he who guards    
against the lust and license of the     
pardon-preachers1 let him be blessed6   
#gc4 ,the pope justly thunders against  
those who1 by any art1 contrive  the    
injury of the traffic in pardons4       
#gd4 ,but much more does he intend to   
thunder against those who use the       
pretext of pardons to contrive the      
injury of holy love and truth4    #ge4  
,to think the papal pardons so great    
that they could absolve a man  even if  

he had committed an impossible sin and  
violated the ,mother of  ,god--this is  
madness4    #gf4 ,we say1 on the        
contrary1 that the papal pardons are not
 able to  remove the very least of      
venial sins1 so far as its guilt is     
concerned4    #gg4 ,it is said that even
 ,st4 ,peter1 if he were now ,pope1     
could not  bestow greater graces2 this  
is blasphemy against ,st4 ,peter and    
against  the pope4    #gh4 ,we say1 on  
the contrary1 that even the present     
pope1 and any pope  at all1 has greater 
graces at his disposal2 to wit1 the     
,gospel1 powers1  gifts of healing1     
etc41 as it is written in ,i4           
,corinthians xii4    #gi4 ,to say that  
the cross1 emblazoned with the papal    
arms1 which is set  up by the preachers 
of indulgences1 is of equal worth with  
the ,cross  of ,christ1 is blasphemy4   
#hj4 ,the bishops1 curates and          
theologians who allow such talk to be   
spread among the people1 will have an   
account to render4  #ha4 ,this          

unbridled preaching of pardons makes it 
no easy matter1 even for  learned men1  
to rescue the reverence due to the pope 
from slander1 or  even from the shrewd  
questionings of the laity4    #hb4 ,to  
wit3--,why does not the pope empty      
purgatory1 for the sake of  holy love   
and of the dire need of the souls that  
are there1 if he  redeems an infinite   
number of souls for the sake of         
miserable money  with which to build a  
,church8 ,the former reasons would be   
most just2  the latter is most trivial4 
#hc4 ,again3--,why are mortuary and     
anniversary masses for the dead         
continued1 and why does he not return or
 permit the withdrawal of the           
endowments founded on their behalf1     
since it is wrong to pray for the       
redeemed8    #hd4 ,again3--,what is this
 new piety of ,god and the pope1 that   
for money  they allow a man who is      
impious and their enemy to buy out of   
purgatory  the pious soul of a friend of
 ,god1 and do not rather1 because of    

that  pious and beloved soul's own need1
 free it for pure love's sake8    #he4  
,again3--,why are the penitential canons
 long since in actual fact  and through 
disuse abrogated and dead1 now satisfied
 by the granting of  indulgences1 as    
though they were still alive and in     
force8    #hf4 ,again3--,why does not   
the pope1 whose wealth is to-day greater
 than  the riches of the richest1 build 
just this one church of ,st4 ,peter with
  his own money1 rather than with the   
money of poor believers8    #hg4        
,again3--,what is it that the pope      
remits1 and what participation  does he 
grant to those who1 by perfect          
contrition1 have a right to full        
remission and participation8    #hh4    
,again3--,what greater blessing could   
come to the ,church than if the  pope   
were to do a hundred times a day what he
 now does once1 and bestow  on every    
believer these remissions and           
participations8    #hi4 ,since the pope1
 by his pardons1 seeks the salvation of 

souls  rather than money1 why does he   
suspend the indulgences and pardons     
granted heretofore1 since these have    
equal efficacy8    #ij4 ,to repress     
these arguments and scruples of the     
laity by force  alone1 and not to       
resolve them by giving reasons1 is to   
expose the  ,church and the pope to the 
ridicule of their enemies1 and to make  
,christians unhappy4    #ia4 ,if1       
therefore1 pardons were preached        
according to the spirit and  mind of the
 pope1 all these doubts would be readily
 resolved2 nay1 they  would not exist4  
#ib4 ,away1 then1 with all those        
prophets who say to the people of       
,christ1 ,peace1 peace1 and there is no 
peace6    #ic4 ,blessed be all those    
prophets who say to the people of       
,christ1  ,cross1 cross1 and there is no
 cross6    #id4 ,christians are to be   
exhorted that they be diligent in       
following  ,christ1 their ,head1 through
 penalties1 deaths1 and hell2    #ie4   
,and thus be confident of entering into 

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 #dha-babf        ,amore et studio      
elucidande veritatis hec subscripta     
disputabuntur  ,wittenberge1 ,presidente
 ,r4 ,p4 ,martino ,lutther1 ,artium et  
,s4  ,theologie  ,magistro eiusdemque   
ibidem lectore ,ordinario4 ,quare petit1
 ut qui non  possunt verbis presentes   
nobiscum disceptare agant id literis    
absentes4  ,in nomine domini nostri     
,hiesu ,christi4  ,amen4    #a4 ,dominus
 et magister noster ,iesus ,christus    
dicendo ',penitentiam agite  c4' omnem  
vitam fidelium penitentiam esse voluit4 

#b4 ,quod verbum de  penitentia         
sacramentali 7id est confessionis et    
satisfactionis1 que  sacerdotum         
ministerio celebratur7 non potest       
intelligi4    #c4 ,non tamen solam      
intendit interiorem1 immo interior nulla
 est1 nisi  foris operetur varias carnis
 mortificationes4    #d4 ,manet itaque  
pena1 donec manet odium sui 7id est     
penitentia vera  intus71 scilicet usque 
ad introitum regni celorum4    #e4 ,papa
 non vult nec potest ullas penas        
remittere preter eas1 quas  arbitrio vel
 suo vel canonum imposuit4    #f4 ,papa 
non potest remittere ullam culpam nisi  
declarando1 et  approbando remissam a   
deo ,aut certe remittendo casus         
reservatos sibi1  quibus contemptis     
culpa prorsus remaneret4    #g4 ,nulli  
prorus remittit deus culpam1 quin simul 
eum subiiciat  humiliatum in omnibus    
sacerdoti suo vicario4    #h4 ,canones  
penitentiales solum viventibus sunt     
impositi nihilque  morituris secundum   
eosdem debet imponi4    #i4 ,inde bene  

nobis facit spiritussanctus in papa     
excipiendo in suis  decretis semper     
articulum mortis et necessitatis4       
#aj4 ,indocte et male faciunt sacerdotes
 ii1 qui morituris penitentias          
canonicas in purgatorium reservant4     
#aa4 ,zizania illa de mutanda pena      
,canonica in penam purgatorii videntur  
certe dormientibus episcopis seminata4  
#ab4 ,olim pene canonice non post1 sed  
ante absolutionem imponebantur  tanquam 
tentamenta vere contritionis4    #ac4   
,morituri per mortem omnia solvunt et   
legibus canonum mortui iam  sunt1       
habentes iure earum relaxationem4       
#ad4 ,imperfecta sanitas seu charitas   
morituri necessario secum fert  magnum  
timorem1 tantoque maiorem1 quanto minor 
fuerit ipsa4    #ae4 ,hic timor et      
horror satis est se solo 7ut alia       
taceam7 facere penam  purgatorii1 cum   
sit proximus desperationis horrori4     
#af4 ,videntur infernus1 purgaturium1   
celum differre1 sicut desperatio1  prope
 desperatio1 securitas differunt4       

#ag4 ,necessarium videtur animabus in   
purgatorio sicut minni horrorem ita     
augeri charitatem4    #ah4 ,nec probatum
 videtur ullis aut rationibus aut       
scripturis1 quod sint  extra statum     
meriti seu augende charitatis4    #ai4  
,nec hoc probatum esse videtur1 quod    
sint de sua beatitudine certe  et       
secure1 saltem omnes1 licet nos         
certissimi simus4  #bj4 ,igitur papa    
per remissionem plenariam omnium penarum
 non simpliciter omnium  intelligit1 sed
 a seipso tantummodo impositarum4       
#ba4 ,errant itaque indulgentiarum      
predicatores ii1 qui dicunt per pape    
indulgentias hominem ab omni pena solvi 
et salvari4    #bb4 ,quin nullam        
remittit animabus in purgatorio1 quam in
 hac vita  debuissent secundum ,canones 
solvere4    #bc4 ,si remissio ulla      
omnium omnino penarum potest alicui     
dari1 certum  est eam non nisi          
perfectissimis1 i4e4 paucissimis1 dari4 
#bd4 ,falli ob id necesse est maiorem   
partem populi per indifferentem  illam  

et magnificam pene solute promissionem4 
#be4 ,qualem potestatem habet papa in   
purgatorium generaliter1 talem  habet   
quilibet ,episcopus et ,curatus in sua  
diocesi et parochia  specialiter4    #a4
 #bf ,optime facit papa1 quod non       
potestate clavis 7quam nullam  habet7   
sed per modum suffragii dat animabus    
remissionem4    #b4 #bg ,hominem        
predicant1 qui statim ut iactus nummus  
in cistam  tinnierit evolare dicunt     
animam4    #c4 #bh ,certum est1 nummo in
 cistam tinniente augeri questum et     
avariciam posse3 suffragium autem       
ecclesie est in arbitrio dei solius4    
#d4 #bi ,quis scit1 si omnes anime in   
purgatorio velint redimi1 sicut de  s4  
,severino et ,paschali factum narratur4 
#e4 #cj ,nullus securus est de veritate 
sue contritionis1 multominus de         
consecutione plenarie remissionis4      
#f4 #ca ,quam rarus est vere penitens1  
tam rarus est vere indulgentias         
redimens1 i4 e4 rarissimus4    #g4 #cb  
,damnabuntur ineternum cum suis         

magistris1 qui per literas  veniarum    
securos sese credunt de sua salute4     
#h4 #cc ,cavendi sunt nimis1 qui dicunt 
venias illas ,pape donum esse  illud dei
 inestimabile1 quo reconciliatur homo   
deo4    #i4 #cd ,gratie enim ille       
veniales tantum respiciunt penas        
satisfactionis sacramentalis ab homine  
constitutas4    #aj4 #ce ,non christiana
 predicant1 qui docent1 quod redempturis
 animas  vel confessionalia non sit     
necessaria contritio4    #aa4 #cf       
,quilibet christianus vere compunctus   
habet remissionem  plenariam a pena et  
culpa etiam sine literis veniarum sibi  
debitam4    #ab4 #cg ,quilibet versus   
christianus1 sive vivus sive mortuus1   
habet  participationem omnium bonorum   
,christi et ,ecclesie etiam sine literis
  veniarum a deo sibi datam4    #ac4 #ch
 ,remissio tamen et participatio ,pape  
nullo modo est  contemnenda1 quia 7ut   
dixi7 est declaratio remissionis divine4
    #ad4 #ci ,difficillimum est etiam   
doctissimis ,theologis simul extollere  

veniarum largitatem et contritionis     
veritatem coram populo4    #ae4 #dj     
,contritionis veritas penas querit et   
amat1 ,veniarum autem  largitas relaxat 
et odisse facit1 saltem occasione4      
#af4 #da ,caute sunt venie apostolice   
predicande1 ne populus false  intelligat
 eas preferri ceteris bonis operibus    
charitatis4    #ag4 #db ,docendi sunt   
christiani1 quod ,pape mens non est1    
redemptionem  veniarum ulla ex parte    
comparandam esse operibus misericordie4 
#ah4 #dc ,docendi sunt christiani1 quod 
dans pauperi aut mutuans egenti  melius 
facit quam si venias redimereet4    #ai4
 #dd ,quia per opus charitatis crescit  
charitas et fit homo melior1  sed per   
venias non fit melior sed tantummodo a  
pena liberior4    #bj4 #de ,docendi sunt
 christiani1 quod1 qui videt egenum et  
neglecto eo  dat pro veniis1 non        
idulgentias ,pape sed indignationem dei 
sibi  vendicat4    #ba4 #df ,docendi    
sunt christiani1 quod nisi superfluis   
abundent  necessaria tenentur domui sue 

retinere et nequaquam propter venias    
effundere4    #bb4 #dg ,docendi sunt    
christiani1 quod redemptio veniarum est 
libera1  non precepta4    #bc4 #dh      
,docendi sunt christiani1 quod ,papa    
sicut magis eget ita magis  optat in    
veniis dandis pro se devotam orationem  
quam promptam pecuniam4    #bd4 #di     
,docendi sunt christiani1 quod venie    
,pape sunt utiles1 si non  in cas       
confidant1 ,sed nocentissime1 si timorem
 dei per eas amittant4    #be4 #ej      
,docendi sunt christiani1 quod si ,papa 
nosset exactiones  venialium            
predicatorum1 mallet ,basilicam s4      
,petri in cineres ire quam  edificari   
cute1 carne et ossibus ovium suarum4    
#a4 #ea ,docendi sunt christiani1 quod  
,papa sicut debet ita vellet1  etiam    
vendita 7si opus sit7 ,basilicam s4     
,petri1 de suis pecuniis dare  illis1 a 
quorum plurimis quidam concionatores    
veniarum pecuniam  eliciunt4    #b4 #eb 
,vana est fiducia salutis per literas   
veniarum1 etiam si  ,commissarius1 immo 

,papa ipse suam animam pro illis        
impigneraret4  #c4  #ec ,hostes ,christi
 et ,pape sunt ii1 qui propter venias   
predicandas  verbum dei in aliis        
ecclesiis penitus silere iubent4    #d4 
#ed ,iniuria fit verbo dei1 dum in eodem
 sermone equale vel longius  tempus     
impenditur veniis quam illi4    #e4 #ee 
,mens ,pape necessario est1 quod1 si    
venie 7quod minimum est7 una  campana1  
unis pompis et ceremoniis celebrantur1  
,euangelium 7quod  maximum est7 centum  
campanis1 centum pompis1 centum         
ceremoniis  predicetur4    #f4 #ef      
,thesauri ecclesie1 unde ,pape dat      
indulgentias1 neque satis  nominati sunt
 neque cogniti apud populum ,christi4   
#g4 #eg ,temporales certe non esse      
patet1 quod non tam facile eos          
profundunt1 sed tantummodo colligunt    
multi  concionatorum4    #h4 #eh ,nec   
sunt merita ,christi et sanctorum1 quia 
hec semper sine ,papa  operantur gratiam
 hominis interioris et crucem1 mortem   
infernumque  exterioris4    #i4 #ei     

,thesauros ecclesie s4 ,laurentius dixit
 esse pauperes ecclesie1  sed locutus   
est usu vocabuli suo tempore4    #aj4   
#fj ,sine temeritate dicimus claves     
ecclesie 7merito ,christi  donatas7 esse
 thesaurum istum4    #aa4 #fa ,clarum   
est enim1 quod ad remissionem penarum et
 casuum sola  sufficit potestas ,pape4  
#ab4 #fb ,verus thesaurus ecclesie est  
sacrosanctum euangelium glorie et       
gratie dei4    #ac4 #fc ,hic autem est  
merito odiosissimus1 quia ex primis     
facit  novissimos4    #ad4 #fd          
,thesaurus autem indulgentiarum merito  
est gratissimus1 quia ex  novissimis    
facit primos4    #ae4 #fe ,igitur       
thesauri ,euangelici rhetia sunt1 quibus
 olim  piscabantur viros divitiarum4    
#af4 #ff ,thesauri indulgentiarum rhetia
 sunt1 quibus nunc piscantur  divitias  
virorum4    #ag4 #fg ,indulgentie1 quas 
concionatores vociferantur maximas      
gratias1  intelliguntur vere tales quoad
 questum promovendum4    #ah4 #fh ,sunt 
tamen re vera minime ad gratiam dei et  

crucis pietatem  comparate4    #ai4 #fi 
,tenentur ,episcopi et ,curati veniarum 
apostolicarum  ,commissarios cum omni   
reverentia admittere4  #bj4 #gj ,sed    
magis  tenentur omnibus oculis          
intendere1 omnibus auribus advertere1 ne
 pro  commissione ,pape sua illi somnia 
predicent4  #ba4 #ga ,contra veniarum   
apostolicarum veritatem qui loquitur1   
sit ille anathema et maledictus4    #bb4
 #gb ,qui vero1 contra libidinem ac     
licentiam verborum ,concionatoris       
veniarum curam agit1 sit ille           
benedictus4    #bc4 #gc ,sicut ,papa    
iuste fulminat eos1 qui in fraudem      
negocii veniarum  quacunque arte        
machinantur1    #bd4 #gd ,multomagnis   
fulminare intendit eos1 qui per veniarum
 pretextum  in fraudem sancte charitatis
 et veritatis machinantur1    #be4 #ge  
,opinari venias papales tantas esse1 ut 
solvere possint  hominem1 etiam si quis 
per impossibile dei genitricem          
violasset1 ,est  insanire4    #a4 #gf   
,dicimus contra1 quod venie papales nec 

minimum venialium  peccatorum tollere   
possint quo ad culpam4    #b4 #gg ,quod 
dicitur1 nec si s4 ,petrus modo ,papa   
esset maiores gratias  donare posset1   
est blasphemia in sanctum ,petrum et    
,papam4    #c4 #gh ,dicimus contra1 quod
 etiam iste et quilibet papa maiores    
habet1  scilicet ,euangelium1 virtutes1 
gratias1 curationum c4 ut #a4 ,co4      
,,xii4    #d4 #gi ,dicere1 ,crucem armis
 papalibus insigniter erectam cruci     
,christi  equivalere1 blasphemia est4   
#e4 #hj ,rationem reddent ,episcopi1    
,curati et ,theologi1 ,qui tales        
sermones in populum licere sinunt4      
#f4 #ha ,facit hec licentiosa veniarum  
predicatio1 ut nec reverentiam  ,pape   
facile sit etiam doctis viris redimere a
 calumniis aut certe  argutis           
questionibus laicorm4    #g4 #hb        
,scilicet4 ,cur ,papa non evacuat       
purgatorium propter sanctissimam        
charitatem et summam animarum           
necessitatem ut causam omnium           
iustissimam1 ,si infinitas animas       

redimit propter pecuniam funestissimam  
ad structuram ,basilice ut causam       
levissimam8    #h4 #hc ,item4 ,cur      
permanent exequie et anniversaria       
defunctorum et non  reddit aut recipi   
permittit beneficia pro illis instituta1
 cum iam sit  iniuria pro redemptis     
orare8    #i4 #hd ,item4 ,que illa nova 
pietas ,dei et ,pape1 quod impio et     
inimico  propter pecuniam concedunt     
animam piam et amicam dei redimere1 ,et 
tamen  propter necessitatem ipsius met  
pie et dilecte anime non redimunt eam   
gratuita charitate8    #aj4 #he ,item4  
,cur ,canones penitentiales re ipsa et  
non usu iam diu in  semet abrogati et   
mortui adhuc tamen pecuniis redimuntur  
per  concessionem indulgentiarum tanquam
 vivacissimi8    #aa4 #hf ,item4 ,cur   
,papa1 cuius opes hodie sunt            
opulentissimis ,crassis  crassiores1 non
 de suis pecuniis magis quam pauperum   
fidelium struit  unam tantummodo        
,basilicam sancti ,petri8    #ab4 #hg   
,item4 ,quid remittit aut participat    

,papa iis1 qui per  contritionem        
perfectam ius habent plenarie           
remissionis et  participationis8    #ac4
 #hh ,item4 ,quid adderetur ecclesie    
boni maioris1 ,si ,papa1 sicut  semel   
facit1 ita centies in die cuilibet      
fidelium has remissiones et             
participationes tribueret8    #ad4 #hi  
,ex quo ,papa salutem querit animarum   
per venias magis quam  pecunias1 ,cur   
suspendit literas et venias iam olim    
concessas1 cum sint  eque efficaces8    
#ae4 #ij ,hec scrupulosissima laicorum  
argumenta sola potestate  compescere nec
 reddita ratione diluere1 ,est ecclesiam
 et ,papam hostibus  ridendos exponere  
et infelices christianos facere4    #af4
 #ia ,si ergo venie secundum spiritum et
 mentem ,pape predicarentur1  facile    
illa omnia solverentur1 immo non essent4
    #ag4 #ib ,valeant itaque omnes illi 
prophete1 qui dicunt populo ,christi    
',pax pax1' et non est pax4    #ah4 #ic 
,bene agant omnes illi prophete1 qui    
dicunt populo ,christi  ',crux crux1' et

 non est crux4    #ai4 #id ,exhortandi  
sunt ,christiani1 ut caput suum         
,christum per penas1  mortes infernosque
 sequi studeant1    #bj4 #ie ,ac sic    
magis per multas tribulationes intrare  
celum quam per  securitatem pacis       
confidant4    ,m4,d4,xvii4