[vladimir998]

“Wow. I’ve seen stubborn before but you have exceeded those examples.”

I don’t think you’re stubborn at all.

“BTW...keep up the imitation...love it! WINNING. It never gets old.”

No imitation. Just pointing out the truth.

“Can’t wait to see which line you copy in your next post.”

Sure you can.

[ealgeone]

2. How did the practice of dispensing indulgences begin? The first known use of plenary indulgences was in 1095 when Pope Urban II remitted all penance of persons who participated in the crusades and who confessed their sins. Later, the indulgences were also offered to those who couldn't go on the Crusades but offered cash contributions to the effort instead. In the early 1200s, the Church began claiming that it had a "treasury" of indulgences (consisting of the merits of Christ and the saints) that it could dispense in ways that promoted the Church and its mission. In a decretal issued in 1343, Pope Clement VI declared, "The merits of Christ are a treasure of indulgences."http://www.famous-trials.com/luther/295-indulgences

From this website it appears this "granting" of indulgences for money which Roman Catholics, well, you, don't call a sale, had been going on for a while.

We won't even discuss the jihad initiated by Urban. That's another thread.

Frederick collected many relics in his castle church; his inventory of 1518 listed 17,443 items, including a thumb from St. Anne, a twig from Moses' burning bush, hay of the holy manger, and milk from the Virgin Mary. Money was paid in order to venerate these relics and thus escape years in purgatory.[5] A diligent and pious person who rendered appropriate devotion to each of these relics could merit 1,902,202 years worth of penance (an earthly equivalent of time otherwise spent in Purgatory, removed by indulgences).[6] Two years later, the collection exceeded 19,000 pieces.[7]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_Elector_of_Saxony

And here I just though you guys played bingo all the time. LOL!

WINNING.