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Indulgences

Scope note

Documents certifying the official remission by the Church of the temporal punishment due for sins that have been forgiven; outlawed in 1567.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000201452

Broader Terms used

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Equivalent Terms used

indulgence

Created

13yrs ago

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