INDULGENCES

There is no divine authority for preaching that the soul flies out of purgatory immediately after the money clinks in the bottom of the chest. All those who believe themselves certain of their own salvation by means of letters of indulgence will be eternally damned, together with their teachers. Any Christian whatsoever, who is truly repentant, enjoys remission from penalty and guilt, and this is given him without letters of indulgence.

Martin Luther