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Most Holy Trinity - Sunday twenty fourth ordinary
Sunday twenty fourth ordinary - first of Advent
first of Advent - June 29 - Saint Peter and Saint Paul
June 29 - Saint Peter and Saint Paul - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary time
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary time - Thirteenth Sunday in ordinary time
Thirteenth Sunday in ordinary time - Holy Thursday
Holy Thursday - Sunday
Sunday - Sunday eighteenth ordinary
Sunday eighteenth ordinary - Sunday Fourth Ordinary
Sunday Fourth Ordinary - John Tetzel Selling Indulgences
Papal Indulgences. At that time the papal chair was occupied by Leo X. What this Pope believed we may gather from his words addressed to one of his bishops. He exclaimed, "What an immense sum have we made out of this fable about Christ!" Luther relates this of him: "He would amuse himself by having two clowns dispute before his table on the immortality of the soul. The one took the positive, the other the negative side of this question. The Pope said to him who defended the proposition, 'Although you have adduced good reasons and arguments, yet I agree with him who is of the opinion that we die like the beasts; for your doctrine makes us melancholy and sad, but his gives us peace of mind!'" In order to raise the necessary funds for his pleasures and dissipations he published a general indulgence, pretending that he needed money to complete the building of St. Peter's at Rome. He commissioned Archbishop Albert of Mayence to sell these indulgences in Germany. This dignitary was also excessively fond of the pomp and pleasures of life. He was to receive one-half the receipts of these indulgences. Albert, again, engaged monks who were to travel about Germany and sell the papal pardons. Chief among these pardon peddlers was John Tetzel. He was a most impudent fellow who, because of his adulterous life, had at one time been condemned to be drowned in a sack. For his services he received 80 florins, together with traveling expenses for himself and his servants, and provender for three horses. These papal indulgences were held in high esteem by the people, wherefore Tetzel was everywhere given a pompous reception. Whenever he entered a town the papal bull was carried before him upon a gilded cloth. All the priests, monks, councilmen, schoolteachers, scholars, men, and women went out in procession with candles, flags, and songs to meet him. The bells were tolled, the organs sounded, and Tetzel was accompanied into the church, where a red cross was erected bearing the Pope's coat of arms. - Third Ordinary
Third Ordinary - Sunday twenty-seventh Ordinary
Sunday twenty-sevent Ordinary - Feast of Pentecost
Feast of Pentecost - Sunday twenty third ordinary
Sunday twenty third ordinary - June 24th - Saint john the Baptist
June 24th - Saint john the Baptist - Thirty-second ordinary
Thirty-second ordinary - third of Advent
third of Advent - Ordinary
Ordinary - Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - Easter
Easter - Sunday twentieth regular
Sunday twentieth regular - Sunday sixteenth regular
Sunday sixteenth regular - Sunday nineteenth regular
Sunday nineteenth regular - Feast of the transfiguration (6 August)
Feast of the transfiguration (6 August) - Sunday after Christmas
Sunday after Christmas - First Ordinary Sunday
First Ordinary Sunday - Sunday twenty-eigth ordinary
Sunday twenty-eigth ordinary - sunday thirtieth ordinary
sunday thirtieth ordinary - January 1
January 1 - Third of Lent
Third of Lent - Sunday Thirty-fourth ordinary
Sunday Thirty-fourt ordinary - Sunday tenth regular seventh
Sunday tenth regular seventh - Feast of the Ascension
Feast of the Ascension - Sunday - Thirty third ordinary
Sunday - Thirty third ordinary - Sunday twenty-ninth ordinary
Sunday twenty-ninth ordinary - Fourth of Advent
Fourth of Advent - Fourth Sunday of Easter
Fourth Sunday of Easter - Fourteenth Sunday in ordinary time
Fourteenth Sunday in ordinary time - First of Lent
First of Lent - Good Friday
Good Friday - Twenty-fifth ordinary
Twenty-fifth ordinary - Fourth of Lent
Fourth of Lent - Assumption of Mary (15 August)
Assumption of Mary (15 August) - Easter Vigil
Easter Vigil