HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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a. Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices.
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The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.
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Charles V told his people that buying indulgences was a way to earn a way into heaven
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indulgences permitted priest to marry and have children
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Detailed explanation-1: -The sale of indulgences was a practice where the church acknowledged a donation or other charitable work with a piece of paper (an indulgence), that certified that your soul would enter heaven more quickly by reducing your time in purgatory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Committed to the idea that salvation could be reached through faith and by divine grace only, Luther vigorously objected to the corrupt practice of selling indulgences.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Roman Catholic Church sold “letters of indulgence”. They were sold to people with the understanding that it would decrease the time one’s soul spends in purgatory. The higher the amount paid, the lesser the time spent in purgatory. The Church accumulated a lot of wealth this way.