The Church was also able to force its will and influence on the day to day lives of the common man and woman. ... He was a man who questioned the teaching and performance of the Church. The man who would learn from and expand to a certain degree the beliefs and teaching was John Huss from Bohemia. ... Martin was a man suited for the fight however. ... It was a half- hearted way of trying to get rid of the man whom he deemed a threat to the church's indulgence business. ...

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, a sacrament is an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace. ... A real confession being made with Christ as the basis is thought to be in such way "that the whole man submits himself to Truth, in the judgment of his understanding, in the submission of his will and in the consecration of his whole power of love . . . To do this, poor-spirited man is only able when he has been confirmed by God's grace" ("Sacrament of Confirmation"). ...

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