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So it’s October . . . Reformation-palooza. In an effort to focus the question of the Reformation on important matters, I will spend a lot of time this month explaining basic questions, people, and events of the Reformation. To begin on the right footing, it’s important to understand the initial controversy itself: the problem of indulgences.
Too often the issue is described as “selling salvation,” which is technically not true. So what are indulgences, and why did Luther protest them? Here is a seven-minute video that explains.