TylerWilcox

Tyler Wilcox 95 thesis

1) Every truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission of penalty and guilt, even without letters of pardon 2) Injury is done the Word of God when, in the same sermon, an equal or a longer time is spent on pardons than on this Word 3) They are enemies of Christ and of the pope, who bid the Word of God be altogether silent in some Churches, in order that pardons may be preached in others 4) The assurance of salvation by letters of pardon is vain, even though the commissary, nay, even though the pope himself, were to stake his soul upon it  5) Christians are to be taught that it would be the pope's wish, as it is his duty, to give of his own money to very many of those from whom certain hawkers of pardons cajole money, even though the church of St. Peter might have to be sold.  6) We say, on the contrary, that the papal pardons are not able to remove the very least of venial sins, so far as its guilt is concerned 7) It is said that even St. Peter, if he were now Pope, could not bestow greater graces; this is blasphemy against St. Peter and against the pope 8) But he who guards against the lust and license of the pardon-preachers, let him be blessed 9) Bishops and curates are bound to admit the commissaries of apostolic pardons, with all reverence 10)Away, then, with all those prophets who say to the people of Christ, "Peace, peace," and there is no peace