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What is an indulgence?​

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In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins"

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Indulgence is the action or fact of indulging. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a grant by the Pope of remission of the temporal punishment in purgatory still due for sins after absolution. The unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners was a widespread abuse during the later Middle Ages.

Indulgence sentence example. The indulgence accentuated the division between those who accepted and those who rejected it. German chocolates are my only indulgence . I went to a party last night, and there out of five ladies three were Roman Catholics and had the Pope's indulgence for doing woolwork on Sundays.

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In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins".

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