You should focus you energy telling the Good News to people who haven’t already heard it.
“You should focus you energy telling the Good News to people who haven’t already heard it.”
That’s like saying, “You shouldn’t feed the poor. You need to just preach the gospel.”
We can do both.
“As part of a fund-raising campaign commissioned by Pope Leo X to finance the renovation of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Johann Tetzel, a Dominican priest, began the selling of indulgences in the German lands.
“Albert of Mainz, the Archbishop of Mainz in Germany, had borrowed heavily to pay for his high church rank and was deeply in debt. He agreed to allow the sale of the indulgences in his territory in exchange for a cut of the proceeds. Luther was apparently not aware of this.
“Even though Luther’s prince, Frederick III, and the prince of the neighboring territory, George, Duke of Saxony, forbade the sale thereof in their respective lands, people in Wittenberg traveled to purchase them. When these people came to confession, they presented their plenary indulgences for which they paid, claiming they no longer had to repent of their sins, since the document promised to forgive all their sins. “
Luther was outraged that they had paid money for what was theirs by right as a free gift from God. He felt compelled to expose the fraud that was being sold to the people. This exposure was to take place in the form of a public scholarly debate at the University of Wittenberg. The Ninety-Five Theses outlined the items to be discussed and issued the challenge to any and all comers.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latae_sententiae
I hear all this talk about the “church” but not a whole lot on following the Bible and Jesus Christ. It’s quite a smokescreen they have going.
I’ll take your advice. The Good News is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, contained in the Catholic Church and no where else.
Thanks for reminding me.