Now according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC): An indulgence is a remission before ... serious sin of simony (Acts 8:18-22) - the selling of spiritual gifts. Martin Luther reacted ...

For Luther, indulgences represented a system that misrepresented the gospel of salvation by faith alone. His bold stand was a ...

Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time in purgatory – where the Catholic Church teaches that people who have confessed their sins are purified before entering ...

Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time in purgatory — where the Catholic Church teaches that people who have confessed their sins are purified before entering ...