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Johann Tetzel

Dominican friar who preached the indulgence of 1517 in Germany for Archbishop Albert of Mainz.

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Dates
c. 1465 – Aug 1519
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Johann Tetzel preached the The Peter’s indulgence for Albert of Brandenburg in 1517. His sermon is Tetzel’s sermon on indulgences.

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  1. c. 1465 – Aug 1519 Johann Tetzel
  2. 1517 Johann Tetzel intervened in The Peter's indulgence
  3. c. 1517 Johann Tetzel authored Tetzel's sermon on indulgences
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  1. Luther's Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters, volume I, 1507-1521 (the editors' notes), Lutheran Publication Society, Philadelphia (scan on the Internet Archive), 1913. Scholarship & press
    In 1516 he was preacher of indulgences for Arcimboldi, and the following year for Albert of Mayence.
  2. Preaching Future Security: Johann Tetzel, Sermon on Indulgences (c. 1517), German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington), 1517. Primary record
    You should know that all who confess and in penance put alms into the coffer according to the counsel of the confessor, will obtain complete remission of all their sins.
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