HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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The Catholic Church was selling ____ ; which was a lessening the time a soul spends in purgatory and getting into heaven.
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indulgences
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annullments
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heresy’s
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theses
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Indulgences were the commutation for money of part of the temporal penalty due for sin-i.e., the practical satisfaction that was a part of the sacrament of penance.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is an indulgence? 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. 2.
Detailed explanation-3: -The return of indulgences began with Pope John Paul II, who authorized bishops to offer them in 2000 as part of the celebration of the church’s third millennium.
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