[3] Cf. Weimar Ed., I, 229.
[4] The Church of All Saints at Wittenberg was the repository of the great collection of relics which Frederick the Wise had gathered. A catalogue of the collection, with illustrations by Lucas Cranach, was published in 1509. The collection contained 5005 sacred objects, including a bit of the crown of thorns and some of the Virgin Mother's milk. Adoration of these relics on All Saints' Day (Nov. 1st) was rewarded with indulgence for more than 500,000 years. So, Vol Bezold, Die deutsche Reformation (1890), p. 100; see also Barge, Karlstadt, I, 39ff.
[5] Luther had preached a sermon warning against the danger of indulgences on the Eve of All Saints (1516). See below.
[6] See below, Letter to Leo X.
[7] Weimar Ed., I, 230.
[8] The Address to the Christian Nobility and the Babylonian Captivity of the Church.
[9] Introduction to the Complete Works (1545); above p.10.
[10] See Letter to Staupitz, below.
[11] See Letter to Leo X, below.
[12] Cf. Gottlob, Kreuzablass und Almosenblass, p. I.