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Indulgence
Indulgence In*dul"gence, v. t.
To grant an indulgence to.
Indulgence
Indulgence In*dul"gence, n. [L. indulgentia: cf. F.
indulgence.]
1. The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being
indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
If I were a judge, that word indulgence should never
issue from my lips. --Tooke.
They err, that through indulgence to others, or
fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for
repentance anything less. --Hammond.
2. An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
If all these gracious indulgences are without any
effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.
--Rogers.
3. (R. C. Ch.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to
sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere
repentance; absolution from the censures and public
penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of
justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ
and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It
is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the
punishment of purgatory.
Meaning of Indulgences from wikipedia
- late
Middle Ages,
indulgences were used to
support charities for the
public good,
including hospitals. However, the
abuse of
indulgences,
mainly through...
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value of
indulgences. They
should be
taught that
giving to the poor is
incomparably more
important than
buying indulgences, that
buying an
indulgence rather...
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Declaration of
Indulgence may
refer to:
Declaration of
Indulgence (1672) by
Charles II of
England in
favour of
nonconformists and
Catholics Declaration...
- Dept. of
Printed Books. p. 15. "
Indulgences".
British Library Treasures in Full. Janey, Ing. "The
Mainz Indulgences Of 1454/5" (PDF). The
British Library...
- (2003). "
Indulgence, Crusade".
Encyclopedia of the Crusades.
Greenwood Press. pp. 165–166. ISBN 0313316597. Bird,
Jessalynn (2006). "
Indulgences and Penance"...
- The
Declaration of
Indulgence was
Charles II of England's
attempt to
extend religious liberty to
Protestant nonconformists and
Roman Catholics in his realms...
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Mindless Self
Indulgence (often
referred to as MSI) is an
American electropunk band
formed in New York City in 1997.
Their music has a
mixed style which...
- The
Sisters of
Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), also
called Order of
Perpetual Indulgence (OPI), is a charitable, protest, and
street performance movement...
- Lost
Indulgence (Chinese: 秘岸; pinyin: mì àn) (also
known as Lost,
Indulgence or Lost·
Indulgence) is a 2008
Chinese film
directed by
Zhang Yibai and written...
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indulgences in Germany.
Tetzel was
known for
granting indulgences on
behalf of the
Catholic Church in
exchange for
tithes to the Church.
Indulgences grant...
