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 ...

The year 2025 is a Year of Jubilee: an event held every quarter-century that calls Catholics around the world to embark on a holy journey of faith and repentance. For some, that journey is 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 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 ...