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The 22 pages that link to Indulgence, each with the reason it gives.

• Martin LutherRelated: The preaching of indulgences prompted the dispute that made Luther’s reform demands public.

• Council of TrentRelated: The council condemned abuses in selling indulgences while retaining the doctrine itself.

• PilgrimageRelated: Some historical pilgrimages were connected to indulgences granted by church authority.

• CrusadesRelated: Crusade preaching offered spiritual privileges that helped motivate participants.

• Counter-ReformationRelated: Abuses in indulgence preaching became an early flashpoint for reform and Protestant protest.

• Jan HusRelated: Hus opposed the sale of indulgences authorized by a rival pope to fund a campaign.

• Pope Leo XBroader topic: The preaching of indulgences for St. Peter’s Basilica became Luther’s immediate target.

• Justification by faithRelated: Luther’s protest against indulgence practices helped bring questions of merit and forgiveness to the fore.

• PurgatoryRelated: Abuses in the preaching of indulgences tied purgatory to the Reformation dispute over church authority.

• Christian pilgrimageRelated: Historically, certain pilgrimages were associated with receiving indulgences.

• Council of ClermontRelated: Urban offered spiritual benefits to those who joined the expedition.

• Ninety-five ThesesNarrower topic: The theses dispute how indulgences work and what church authority can remit.

• Diet of WormsNarrower topic: Disputes about indulgence sales lay at the controversy’s starting point.

• SimonyRelated: Selling an indulgence could turn a spiritual privilege into a source of revenue.

• AbsolutionCompared with: An indulgence concerns temporal punishment, whereas absolution remits the guilt of sin.

• Renaissance papacyRelated: The promotion of indulgences under Leo X became a flashpoint in Luther's challenge to papal practice.

• Johann TetzelRelated: Indulgences were the subject of Tetzel’s public preaching and fundraising.

• PenanceRelated: Indulgences are related to penance but are distinct from absolution and the act of confession.

• Venial sinRelated: Indulgences concern temporal punishment, a consequence distinguished from venial sin's guilt.

• In Praise of FollyRelated: Erasmus's criticism of religious abuses belongs to debates that included the sale and misuse of indulgences.

• Simon MagusCompared with: Later accusations of selling indulgences echo the broader concern about money and spiritual benefits.

• Five solaeCompared with: Reformation disputes over indulgences sharpened disagreements about grace and merit.