MGB:_MacCulloch has a great explanation in his books for the theory behind indulgences, which was consolidated by Pope Clement VI in the bull Unigenitus. Had Garry Wills been invited to participate, he would have attributed Indulgences to the transactional view of the Passion taught by St. Anselm, as opposed to St. Augustine and Plato’s view of an unmoveable God.
Of note is also Luther’s belief that the Pope is the anti-Christ, which some Protestant sects still hold onto and which is a central theme to the tune Now Thank We All Our God, which is occassionally sung, with great irony, at Mass by unaware music directors.
St. Augustine’s role in the theology behind Twelve Step recovery programs should also be noted.
After Trent, the logical jump would have been to Pius IX and Pius X and their Crusade against all things Modernist, then ending there or Jumping to Vatican II, whose noisiest dissident was a polish priest named Karol.
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