What Advantage Did an Indulgence Grant the Buyer

question 29

Multiple Choice

What advantage did an indulgence grant the buyer?

• A) release from time in purgatory
• B) the granting of an ecclesiastical post
• C) the founding of a religious order
• D) freedom from the church's holiday obligations

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Definitions:

Negative-feedback

A regulatory mechanism in biological systems where the output of a process inhibits or lessens the process's activity.

Neural-feedback

A process through which information about the output of a neural system is returned to it, to adjust its future output and behavior.

Positive-feedback

A biological mechanism whereby a stimulus intensifies the production of a product, leading to an amplification effect in the system.

Lipid-soluble Hormones

Hormones that can pass through the lipid bilayer of cell membranes and are usually transported in the bloodstream bound to carrier proteins.