Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - ELCA Archives holds an actual, papal indulgence. It is dated 1516 and was issued on behalf of Pope Leo X. What is it and why does
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Martin Luther as Priest, Heretic, and Outlaw: The Reformation at 500 (European Reading Room, Library of Congress)
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