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Question
The Movement against the Roman Catholic Church is called the Reformation. Discuss its causes with reference to the following:
Sale of Indulgences
Solution
Another way of collecting money was the sale of letters that remitted punishment for sin. Those who had money would be made free from doing penance for their sins by buying a Letter of Indulgence. The clergy claimed that those who bought the Indulgences got remission of their sins by God.
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