HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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were a good idea
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offered people salvation
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should be practiced by all Christians
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were not as good as other Christian deeds
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Detailed explanation-1: -An indulgence is the full or partial remission of temporal punishment for sins after the sinner confesses and receives absolution. Under Catholic teaching, every sin must be purified either here on earth or after death in a state called purgatory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indulgences were a piece of paper from the Church that was supposed to lessen a person’s time in purgatory and help them get to heaven faster. Luther disagreed with this, saying that buying indulgences had no impact on whether or not people would go to heaven.
Detailed explanation-3: -Not only were indulgences Biblically wrong they were morally wrong. Stealing money from poor people to give them false hope of something they could not deliver on. If we are to call ourselves Christians we must put everything at the feet of Jesus. Go to Him with a humble heart and repentant spirit.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reducing or eliminating punishment for sins This doctrine was codified in the late Middle Ages, in 1343, by Pope Clement VI. By the time of Luther, certificates of indulgences were being sold to raise money on behalf of important patrons like the pope, who needed funds to build St. Peter’s Basilica.