CHAPTER IX. THE INDULGENCE-THESES OF 1517

AND THEIR AFTER-EFFECTS _pages_ 327-373

1. TETZEL’S PREACHING OF THE INDULGENCE; THE 95 THESES.

The St. Peter’s Indulgence and its preaching; Luther’s information regarding it; his sermon before the Elector. The 95 theses nailed to the door of the Castle Church; their contents; the excitement caused; Augustinians refrain from any measure against the author; the Heidelberg Chapter; the “Resolutions”; Dominicans take up the challenge. Fables regarding Luther and Tetzel; Tetzel’s private life; charges brought against him by Luther and Miltitz; the real Tetzel; Luther’s statement that he did not know “what an Indulgence was.” Luther’s letter to Tetzel on his death-bed _pages_ 327-347

2. THE COLLECTION FOR ST. PETER’S IN HISTORY AND LEGEND.

The Indulgence granted on behalf of the building fund; new sources of information; Albert of Brandenburg obtains the See of Mayence; his payments to Rome; the Indulgence granted him for his indemnification; arrangements made for its preaching; the pecuniary result a failure _pages_ 347-355

3. THE TRIAL AT AUGSBURG (1518).

The summons. Luther before Cardinal Cajetan at Augsburg; Letters written from Augsburg; refuses to recant; his flight; his appeal to a General Council. Popular works on the Penitential Psalms, the Our Father, and the Ten Commandments _pages_ 355-362

4. THE DISPUTATION AT LEIPZIG, 1519. MILTITZ. QUESTIONABLE REPORTS.

Circumstances of the Disputation. Luther’s dissatisfaction with the result. Unfortunate attempts of Miltitz to smooth things down. Luther’s justification of his polemics. Stories of his doings and sayings at Dresden; his sermon before the Court; Emser’s reports of certain utterances _pages_ 362-373