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  2. Indulgence - Wikipedia

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    Indulgences (from the Latin verb 'indulgere', meaning "to forgive", "to be lenient toward") [13] are a help towards achieving this purification. An indulgence does not forgive the guilt of sin, nor does it provide release from the eternal

  3. Declaration of Indulgence (1687) - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  4. Declaration of Indulgence (1672) - Wikipedia

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    The Declaration of Indulgence was Charles II of England's attempt to extend religious liberty to Protestant nonconformists and Roman Catholics in his realms, by suspending the execution of the Penal Laws that punished recusants from the Church of England. Charles issued the Declaration on 15 March 1672.

  5. Buy your way to Heaven! The Catholic Church brings back ...

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    The Catholic Church had technically banned the practice of selling indulgences as long ago as 1567. As the Times points out, a monetary donation wouldn't go amiss toward earning an indulgence. It ...

  6. Ninety-five Theses - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. The Marketing of Indulgence: Courvoisier's Complete History ...

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    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 ...

  8. 10 old-school Christmas traditions that are no longer practiced

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    Homemade candy. Before sweets were mass-marketed, homemade treats of all kinds around the holidays were a common indulgence. Famous homemade Christmas goodies include fudge, gingerbread, peanut ...

  9. 31-line Indulgence - Wikipedia

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    The 31-line Indulgence is a plenary indulgence granted by Pope Nicholas V and issued in Erfurt on 22 October 1454. It is the earliest known European document with a fixed date printed by movable metal type , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which had recently been introduced in Europe by Johannes Gutenberg .