What was the point of the Council of Trent?
The Council of Trent was the formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation. It served to define Catholic doctrine and made sweeping decrees on self-reform, helping to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church in the face of Protestant expansion.
When did indulgences end?
1567
Why would selling indulgences not have been?
Why would selling indulgences not have been possible before Europe had switched to a money economy? Because then no one would want one. What were other ways the Catholic Church could have chosen to get money from it’s followers?
What is temporal punishment due to sin?
: a punishment for sin that according to Roman Catholic doctrine may be expiated in this world or if not sufficiently expiated here will be exacted in full in purgatory.
Why would selling indulgences not have been possible before Europe has switched to a money economy?
The selling of indulgences would not have been possible before Europe had switched to a money economy since this involved people giving the church money directly in order to gain favor with God.
How do you get indulgences?
Dispositions necessary to gain an indulgence
- A complete and whole-hearted detachment from all sin of any kind, even venial sin,
- Making a valid sacramental confession,
- Receiving Holy Communion in the state of grace.
- Praying for the intentions of the Pope.
What are plenary indulgences?
: a remission of the entire temporal punishment for sin.
How does a plenary indulgence work?
It involves confessing one’s sins before a priest, who offers absolution. But after the sins are forgiven, side effects of the sins continue to punish the soul. Such residual effects are like the “punishment” that lingers after sin, Smith says. Plenary indulgences get rid of such punishment.
Does a plenary indulgence forgive sins?
A plenary indulgence fully removes all punishment. Finally, indulgences can be obtained for oneself but also for those who have died, so they can be distinguished in that way.
How do you pray for a plenary indulgence?
Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
What was Johann Tetzel doing that made Martin Luther so mad?
What did Johann Tetzel do that made Martin Luther mad? A friar named Johann Tetzel was selling indulgences to raise money to rebuild St. Someone coped Luther’s words and took them to a printer. Quickly, Luther’s name became known all over Germany.