Indulgences and salvation
What Indulgences and salvation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Grants remitting temporal punishment for sin were sold to raise funds, notably by Johann Tetzel in 1517 to finance the rebuilding of St Peter's Basilica.
Luther rejected indulgences as a false assurance of forgiveness, denying that the pope could remit guilt or that money could buy salvation.
Topics that use Indulgences and salvation
- Conditions in early sixteenth- century Germany (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Luther’s early challenge to the Catholic Church, 1517–20 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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