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So why did Martin Luther feel the seve of indulgences
was wrong?

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Luther had a problem with the fact the Catholic Church of his day was essentially selling indulgences — indeed, according to Professor MacCulloch, they helped pay for the rebuilding of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. Later, Luther appears to have dropped his belief in Purgatory altogether.
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