“As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs.” Or, in German and with a similar rhyme, “Wenn die Münze im Kästlein klingt, die Seele in den Himmel springt.” A friar named Johann Tetzel may or may not have said those words in the early 1500s, but the money he … Continue reading "Secular Indulgences"
