Indulgences and the role they played on the reformation of the Catholic Church
What were Indulgences?
An Indulgence is an action or a prayer of sacrifice that can take away all or part of Purgatory for oneself or for another.
It is given in return for something good that a person does in this life
Purgatory is a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.
The sale of indulgences
What were Indulgences?
In Church teaching,
Purgatory is the way in which God helps us to
“make up” for sin which has already been forgiven. Purgatory is the state or place those who have still to make up for sin go to after death before entering heaven. What is the Black Death?
The black death refers to the plague that erupted in the middle of the 14th century. The medical term for the black death is the ‘bubonic plague’. It was mainly spread by rats.
It began in the Gobi desert in the 1320s and it spread from there in every direction. There were population losses in
Europe and among the Asian Nations.
The Black Death’s effect on
Indulgences
In the climate of mass death, many Christians were eager to make sure that they were ready for death, if and when it came.
This is where Abuse of
Indulgences comes into context. Abuses of Indulgences
A person can buy his way out of hell with indulgences
It is said that the only way to avoid hell is by doing good whilst still alive.
A person can buy indulgences for sins not yet committed
The church has never taught that indulgences apply to sins not yet committed. A person can "buy forgiveness" with indulgences
The definition of an indulgence states that the forgiving action has already taken place. Indulgences deal only with punishments left after sins have been forgiven.
Abuses of Indulgences
An indulgence will shorten your time in purgatory by a fixed number of days
The Catholic Church does not claim to know anything about how long or
An Indulgence is an action or a prayer of sacrifice that can take away all or part of Purgatory for oneself or for another.
It is given in return for something good that a person does in this life
Purgatory is a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.
The sale of indulgences
What were Indulgences?
In Church teaching,
Purgatory is the way in which God helps us to
“make up” for sin which has already been forgiven. Purgatory is the state or place those who have still to make up for sin go to after death before entering heaven. What is the Black Death?
The black death refers to the plague that erupted in the middle of the 14th century. The medical term for the black death is the ‘bubonic plague’. It was mainly spread by rats.
It began in the Gobi desert in the 1320s and it spread from there in every direction. There were population losses in
Europe and among the Asian Nations.
The Black Death’s effect on
Indulgences
In the climate of mass death, many Christians were eager to make sure that they were ready for death, if and when it came.
This is where Abuse of
Indulgences comes into context. Abuses of Indulgences
A person can buy his way out of hell with indulgences
It is said that the only way to avoid hell is by doing good whilst still alive.
A person can buy indulgences for sins not yet committed
The church has never taught that indulgences apply to sins not yet committed. A person can "buy forgiveness" with indulgences
The definition of an indulgence states that the forgiving action has already taken place. Indulgences deal only with punishments left after sins have been forgiven.
Abuses of Indulgences
An indulgence will shorten your time in purgatory by a fixed number of days
The Catholic Church does not claim to know anything about how long or