The Ninety-Five Theses

889.254 - 926.56 R.C. Sproul

And he said, no, I'll offer you 7,000, one for each one of the seven deadly sins. The pope had wanted one for every disciple with 12. They finally compromised on 10,000 for the Ten Commandments. But in any case, for this big deal to go through, Albert had to borrow the money. And the big bank in that time was the Fugers in Germany. And so the Fugers brokered this deal between Albert and the pope.