If you were being asked these questions how would u make your rebuttle?

Question

Pope Leo X-this is who you are and you(pope leo X) are being questioned
1.Just to clarify, what is your purpose of selling indulgences, and before you answer, allow me to remind you that you are under oath of the holy Bible.
2.[hold up bible] Can you tell me what this is? [flip to page] If you wouldn't mind, please read this. [have him read verse]. So, right here in the Bible, justification by faith is said to be a perfect means for salvation. So please explain to me why you feel the need for the sale of indulgences?

Answer 1

Why don't you open the Bible?

You can google it.

Latin Vulgate
Douay-Rheims Bible

Answer 2

It doesn't require a rebuttal. Everyone knows that some church leaders, in their great zeal to build places of worship that would reflect God's glory, placed too much emphasis on monetary contributions as a means of obtaining indulgences. It was a temporary situation that was remedied fairly quickly by the Pope. The real tragedy is that Father Luther abandoned God's Church and founded a human tradition that has resulted in nothing but division, fragmentation and doctrinal chaos ever since. That collosal deviation from God's stated will - that all His followers would be ONE - makes a temporary overemphasis on indulgences seem relatively insignificant.

Answer 3

Difficult to answer, because I disagree with Leo X's stand on the sale of indulgences. The practice was abolished centuries ago, also.

Indulgences were "sold" as a way to raise money for the church projects at Rome. It was actually encouraged as a form of charity on behalf of those who had passed on into Purgatory. The real problem was with the sales pitch: people thought they were buying a "one free sin" pass.

Indulgences didn't guarantee salvation. It was sold as a "good work", giving money to the church made you a better person.

So they said.

Answer 4

1) Indulgences never had the power to save anyone, and they still don't.

Indulgences simply reduce or eliminate the need to spend time in Purgatory, a place most Protestants claim does not exist.

2) Christ, and the grace he obtained for us through his saving death on the cross is the only perfect means of salvation. Faith is our response to the free gift of God's grace. Our subsequent life (and the works we do in that life) are simply proof of that faith, and the fruits borne of God's grace.

Catholics had been teaching that since the days of the apostles. Nothing at all new there!

Indulgences are a valid way for the faithful to assist those who died friends of God, but still attached to their sins.

There is no sin in heaven, and it's well known that nothing unholy can enter therein.

Where exactly do you expect those good, but imperfectly sanctified souls to go? Hell?

Or do you really think God can't recognize a pile of dung for what it is, just because it's covered up with a bit of snow? (See the teachings of Luther for more details.)

Those who weren't completely transformed by the power of God's grace in this life, but who do not warrant the eternal punishment of hell, undergo a final purification in Purgatory, after which they are welcomed into heaven as fully justified, holy souls.

The Book of Maccabees, as well as the Epistles of St. Paul provide the scriptural basis for this understanding.

According to scripture, the "paradise" where the old testament righteous were detained was never officially decomissioned.

It's quite likely that "paradise" was exactly what we Catholics know today as Purgatory.

Furthermore, the sweeping authority that Jesus gave to his true church is sufficient to create a Purgatory, even if one hadn't previously existed.

His Holiness, Pope Leo X, certainly understood all this, and much, much more.

He enjoyed power and authority, given to him and to his holy office, directly by God.

Where and from whom did you receive your information on this subject?

Answer 5

Is this a rhetorical question?

Answer 6

He needed a new roof?