<P> The case was very different with indulgences for the dead . As regards these there is no doubt that Tetzel did, according to what he considered his authoritative instructions, proclaim as Christian doctrine that nothing but an offering of money was required to gain the indulgence for the dead, without there being any question of contrition or confession . He also taught, in accordance with the opinion then held, that an indulgence could be applied to any given soul with unfailing effect . Starting from this assumption, there is no doubt that his doctrine was virtually that of the drastic proverb: </P> <Dl> <Dd> "As soon as money in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory's fire springs ." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> "As soon as money in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory's fire springs ." </Dd> <P> While Luther did not deny the Pope's right to grant pardons for penance imposed by the Church, he made it clear that preachers who claimed indulgences absolved those who obtained them from all punishments and granted them salvation were in error, in agreement with Catholic theology . </P>

What was the practice of selling indulgences called