Tetzel
Americannoun
noun
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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
Thus the scene shifts quickly to the Antarctic Ocean, where Alan Ladd is chasing whales and Joan Tetzel.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the stern moral dignity of Wiclif the controversy did not seem a ridiculous one, and indeed it hardly seems to us more ridiculous than that of Luther with Tetzel and the Dominicans.
From Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I by Anonymous
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