Questions tagged [indulgence]
A remission of punishment granted by in Roman Catholicism. The practice was attacked by Martin Luther during the Reformation.
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What are indulgences and when and why were they used?
I seem to recall that indulgences had something to do with Roman Catholics doing something to receive forgiveness of sins prior to committing the sins.
So, is that what indulgences were? When did ...
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Why did Luther curse those who oppose indulgences?
In the 95 Theses, Luther makes a stand against corruption in the Catholic church of that day. This resulted in events leading to the separation between the Catholic and Protestant churches.
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Old Roman Catholic Bibles having indulgence charts?
I just listened to a podcast of an Orthodox priest talking about his conversion into the Eastern Orthodox church. He mentioned something about how he once courted an irish Catholic girl who had a big ...
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Why doesn't the Catholic Church give indulgences to everybody, regardless of their works?
In learning about indulgences, I started to wonder why a work was necessary for the giving of an indulgence. In looking at the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it appears to me that a work is ...
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How do indulgences remit temporal punishment?
"An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment
due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful
Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain ...
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Was Tetzel robbed by a man who had preemptively bought an indulgence?
Wikipedia recounts a story told by Martin Luther about Johann Tetzel. It goes a little something like this:
Tetzel was in Leipzig selling indulgences. After collecting a large sum of money, Tetzel ...
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Were plenary indulgences issued during the crusades, as indicated by Dan Brown?
In Dan Brown's novel, The DaVinci Code, if my memory serves me correctly, Leigh Teabing asserts that Crusaders were given plenary indulgences to commit unspecified sins with impunity whilst on crusade....
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Offering Indulgences to the Poor souls in Purgatory
Obviously this Question is strictly for Catholics.
When all conditions are met from those being granted an indulgence, particularly a plenary indulgence for the souls in Purgatory. Is it necessary ...
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Are the ancient indulgences still valid, those decreed by the previous Popes?
I found in a 1676 old book that indulgences are granted to the people who wear their rosary around the neck, around the wrist or at the belt.
Is it still valid ?
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Were there indulgences sold for those who had no family when they died?
The book Martin Luther: A Life by James A. Nestingen describes the indulgences around the time of 1517, and says that they could be bought for oneself or others, typically family members.
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