Many are familiar with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, which were his public protest against the sale of indulgences by Dominican John Tetzel to fund the building of St. Peter's Cathedral. However, Tetzel was only an employee of Albert, Archbishop of Mainz. Albert had issued a document of instructions regarding indulgences, which makes for very interesting reading.
I have an abbreviated English translation in the book "Documents of the Christian Church (2nd Ed., Oxford University Press) pages 184-185. I was hoping to provide an URL to a full English translation of the Instructio Summaria, along with the Latin text, from an official historical or university database, but found this was not as easy as I imagined. But here is a link to one webpage that is hosting an English translation:
http://biblelight.net/instruc.htm
I have an abbreviated English translation in the book "Documents of the Christian Church (2nd Ed., Oxford University Press) pages 184-185. I was hoping to provide an URL to a full English translation of the Instructio Summaria, along with the Latin text, from an official historical or university database, but found this was not as easy as I imagined. But here is a link to one webpage that is hosting an English translation:
http://biblelight.net/instruc.htm
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