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The Existence of Abuses in the Roman Catholic Church

tion could not be obtained by mans own effort, but more the fact that man would be saved only if God willed it. It was that event that prompted the German monk to post his ideas and beliefs as the 95 Theses and address the abuse of selling indulgences in it.The Council of Trent also addressed abuses that existed in the Church. The Council of Trent was a general council where church officials would meet to sharply define and reaffirm the doctrines of the Church. During the meetings of the council the abuses in the Church were discussed, most importantly simony and nepotism, and were condemned. In acts of simony, the hired substitutes (who paid money for their posts) lived elsewhere, mostly in Rome where they often performed their chores mechanically and had neither first-hand knowledge of nor much sympathy with local needs and problems. This is why people opposed the act of simony greatly and finally condemned it. As for nepotism, church officials would hire unqualified family members for jobs, where a real, well-trained professional was needed. This abuse of the Church was also finally condemned in the Council of Trent.Either it being addressed by reformists like Martin Luther, or by the Council of Trent, abuses which existed in the Roman Catholic Church were not going to go unnoticed. They had to be corrected and fixed somehow to rid the Church of complete corruption. ...

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