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Concordia Theological Monthly

Publication Date

1-1-1945

Document Type

Article

Keywords

luther, pope, catholic, erasmus, leo

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

In the centuries immediately preceding the Reformation the preaching monks regaled their hearers with tales of Troy and silly stories of the saints in order to catch the penny collection, and ''penny preachers" they were called by Brother Berthold of Regensburg in the thirteenth century.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

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