What does Martin Luther mean by the line “You can buy anything thing in Rome: Sex or salvation.”?

highlights and condemn the business motive of the Roman Church.

Explanation:

Martin Luther, the father of Protestant Reformation, witnessed that the Roman Church and its clergies would promise salvation to the people with some amount of money and donation. This practice of selling salvation truly disturbed him because he believed that salvation was free and could be achieved only through faith and God's forgiveness.

Thus, when he said that “You can buy anything thing in Rome: Sex or salvation.” he means that salvation could be bought just as any other service in Rome. It highlights and condemn the business motive of the Roman Church.

answer: karl marx, max weber, and emile durkheim (the fourth could be considered georg simmel)

explanation:

adopted the practice of proskynesis, a persian court custom that involved bowing down and kissing the hand of others, depending on their rank.