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

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the ...

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 heaven.

2:6-7 Indulgences rank among the most poorly understood blessings of the Catholic Church. An indulgence is ... sin of simony (Acts 8:18-22) - the selling of spiritual gifts. Martin Luther reacted ...