Indulgence In Medieval Times And The Roman Catholic Church

An indulgence was a distinctive feature in both the Medieval Times and the Roman Catholic Church. An indulgence was a full or partial remission of sins granted by the church. The person committing the sin still had to confess to a priest. Only a priest could completely get rid of your sins.The ideology of indulgences is a practice that says that one’s journey to eternal salvation could accelerate because of madly works. The first practice of indulgences was in the 11th and 12th centuries when the leaders of the church (Popes) “offered full remission of sins” for any person that was willing to go Crusading. During the 12th and 13th century indulgence changed in a couple ways, these things are you have to buy indulgences, you could get full