(A.D. 1475–1521) Leo X was Bishop of Rome and Pope from A.D. 1513 until his death in 1521. He was loose with papal finances and permitted the exchange indulgences for donations towards reconstructing St. Peter’s BasilicaOriginally a rectangular Roman building used as a court of law, but subsequently used to denote certain large churches of the Catholic and Orthodox re... more. This in turn motivated Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses which set off the Protestant Reformation(A.D. 1517) The Protestant Reformation begins as Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses, largely in response to the widespread abuses caused by the aggress... more.
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