Indulgences or human prayers add nothing — they are nothing.

' I recant and say, ' Indulgences are the most pious frauds and imposters of the most rascally pontiffs, by which they deceive the souls and destroy the goods of the faithful.

In 1521, at the Diet of Worms, when the German princes handed in a paper containing a list of " grievances " concerning the condition of the Church, George added for himself twelve specific complaints referring mainly to the abuse of Indulgences and the annates.

The Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (), commonly known as The Ninety-Five Theses, was written by Martin Luther in 1517 and is widely regarded as the initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation.

Its Handbook on Indulgences mentions as examples of approved formulas for an act of contrition the Confiteor, the Psalm De Profundis, the Psalm Miserere, the Gradual Psalms and the Penitential Psalms.

Indulgences became increasingly popular in the Middle Ages as a reward for displaying piety and doing good deeds, though, doctrinally speaking, the Church stated that the indulgence was only valid for temporal punishment for sins already forgiven in the Sacrament of Confession.

In a motu proprio on 25 March 1915, Benedict XV transferred the Holy Office's Section for Indulgences to the Apostolic Penitentiary, but maintained the Holy Office's responsibility for matters regarding the doctrine of indulgences.

* Indulgences ( i. e., remissions by the Church of some penalties for sin );

It is contained in a series of opuscula, or pamphlets: " On Free Will "; " Justice and Justification "; " Sacrifice "; " Meritorious Works "; " Man's Original Integrity and the Merits of the Wicked "; " The Sacraments "; " The Form of Baptism "; " Original Sin "; " Charity "; " Indulgences "; " Prayers for the Dead ".

He spent the early part of his cardinalate in now-abolished positions such as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Indulgences and Relics.

The authorities attempted some accommodation with Presbyterian dissidents, introducing official ' Indulgences ' in 1669 and 1672, meeting with some limited success.

The Protestant Reformation began on 31 October 1517, in Wittenberg, Saxony, where Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences to the door of the Castle Church, in Wittenberg.

He enclosed in his letter a copy of his " Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences ," which came to be known as The Ninety-Five Theses.

Within the Catholic Church, the term " act of contrition " is often applied to one particular formula, which is not given expressly in the handbook of Indulgences.

Indulgences replaced the severe penances of the early Church.

Indulgences grew to extraordinary magnitude, in terms of longevity and breadth of forgiveness.

But only Clement IX established a true Congregation of Indulgences ( and Relics ) with a Brief of 6 July 1669.

In a motu proprio on 28 January 1904, Pius X joined the Congregation of Indulgences with that of Rites, but with the restructuring of the Roman Curia in 1908 all matters regarding indulgences was assigned to the Holy Office.

* Paul S. Czarnota: Indulgences

Between 1669 and 1672 two Indulgences were granted in the name of Charles II, intended to bring over 270 dissenters, a third of the ministry, back into the fold of the Church of Scotland.

He enclosed in his letter a copy of his " Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences ," which came to be known as The 95 Theses.

The Indulgences were voided when James II was deposed in the Glorious Revolution and the Bill of Rights abolished the suspending power ( Stat.

The original Rescript is preserved amongst the acts of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, and an authentic copy of it is kept in the Segretaria of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences.

Despite this, St Angela continued her journey to the Holy Places and was ostensibly cured of her blindness, while praying before a crucifix, at the same place where she was struck with blindness a few weeks before. In 1525, she came to Rome to gain the Indulgences of the Jubilee year.

The spirit of this group was that we were -- and are -- living in a world doomed to eternal punishment, but that God through Jesus Christ has provided a way of escape for those who confess their sins and accept salvation.

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