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Why were Luther's ideas unacceptable to the Catholic Church?
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Why were Luther's ideas unacceptable to the Catholic Church? There are many reasons why Luther's ideas were unacceptable to the Catholic Church. One such reason was that Luther's ideas had a serious impact upon the amount of money that was taken from Saxony by Pope Leo X in the form of indulgences. The money was quite desperately needed to pay off the huge debts that the Archbishop, Albert of Brandenburg had incurred as well as the building of St. Peter's cathedral in Rome. But because so many of the senior priests were very corrupt and had most likely bought their position within the church solely to make money, the act of buying ones position within the church is called simony. Also because of the vast amount of greed that was such a problem within the church many priests held far more than just one position in the church so as...
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