Lawrence G. Duggan
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LOCATION: Newark, DE, United States
Professor of History, University of Delaware, Newark. Author of Bishop and Chapter: The Governance of the Bishopric of Speyer to 1552.
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Indulgence, a distinctive feature of the penitential system of both the Western medieval and the Roman Catholic Church that granted full or partial remission of the punishment of sin. The granting of indulgences was predicated on two beliefs. First, in the sacrament of penance it did not suffice to…
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