Doctrinal Position
Tetzel overstated Catholic doctrine in regard to indulgences for the dead. He became known for a couplet attributed to him: "As soon as a coin in the coffer rings / the soul from purgatory springs"
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“Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.”
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