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Tetzel

American  
[tet-suhl] / ˈtɛt səl /
Or Tezel

noun

  1. Johann 1465?–1519, German monk: antagonist of Martin Luther.


Tetzel British  
/ ˈtɛtsəl /

noun

  1. Johann (joˈhan). ?1465–1519, German Dominican monk. His preaching on papal indulgences provoked Luther's 95 theses at Wittenberg (1517)

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Tetzel was raising money to rebuild St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

In 1517, Luther decided to take a public stand against the actions of a friar named Johann Tetzel.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

His displeasure noticeably increased during 1517, when the Dominican John Tetzel was preaching throughout much of Germany on behalf of a papal fund-raising campaign to complete St. Peter's Basilica.

From Time Magazine Archive

Played with fire and ice by Kirk Douglas and Joan Tetzel, Cuckoo's Nest is implausible, if scarifying, viewed as realism.

From Time Magazine Archive

The indulgence-sellers acted under the commission of the Archbishop and the directions of Tetzel, who took personal charge of the enterprise.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin