Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first indulgence was for victims of COVID-19 and those helping them. The actions that the indulgence was attached to included praying the rosary, the Stations of the Cross, or at least praying the Creed, Lord's Prayer, and a Marian prayer. The second plenary indulgence was for the victims of COVID-19 at their hour of death.
Woodcut of an indulgence-seller in a church from a 1521 pamphlet Johann Tetzel's coffer, now on display at St. Nicholaus church in Jüterbog, Germany. Martin Luther, professor of moral theology at the University of Wittenberg and town preacher, [3] wrote the Ninety-five Theses against the contemporary practice of the church with respect to indulgences.
"Spending the summer traveling around India is a great idea, but it does beg the question of how we can afford it." [ 38 ] Sometimes it is further confused with " dodging the question ", an attempt to avoid it, or perhaps more often begging the question is simply used to mean leaving the question unanswered.
As the Times points out, a monetary donation wouldn't go amiss toward earning an indulgence. It writes, "charitable contributions, combined with other acts, can help you earn one."
Tetzel was born in Pirna, Saxony, and studied theology and philosophy at Leipzig University.He entered the Dominican order [3] in 1489, became a famous preacher, and was in 1502 commissioned by Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici, later Pope Leo X, to preach the Jubilee indulgence, which he did throughout his life.
England hasn't traditionally been famed for its gastronomic delights, but last week London was the setting for a fascinating culinary extravaganza called "The Complete History of Food." Housed in ...
The Declaration of Indulgence, also called Declaration for Liberty of Conscience, [1] was a pair of proclamations made by James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland in 1687. The Indulgence was first issued for Scotland on 12 February and then for England on 4 April 1687. [ 2 ]
because any single indulgence has no noticeable effect on weight, the benefits of abstaining are intangible and hard to assess. Although these preferences typically work against healthy behaviors, it is possible to exploit them to instead favor consumer interests by making healthy