>>17986475
Reading about him it seems a pretty normal Pope.

>>17986594
>impossible to defend.
Its just alms and also voluntary.
Indulgences are connected to good deeds, alms are a good deed.
Yet, since it gets easily associated with the sin of simony and can be abused, its better not to do it.
People still contribute all the same, if the local church needs restoration work, people willingly do it.
Luther's thesis did not put in question the concept of indulgence. Not that his opinion matters.