Indulgences Were Originally Given to Crusaders Because ________

question 18

Multiple Choice

Indulgences were originally given to Crusaders because ________.

• A) they could not complete their penance since they had fallen in battle
• B) they did not have the wealth to settle their penance
• C) they had gone on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
• D) their sins were forgiven when they heeded the call to Crusade

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Definitions:

Joseph Smith

The founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commonly known as Mormonism, and translator of the Book of Mormon.

Brigham Young

Brigham Young was an American religious leader, colonizer, and the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), leading the Mormon pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah.

Charles Finney

An influential American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States who is often called the "father of modern revivalism."

Emerson and Thoreau

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were prominent American philosophers, essayists, and poets who led the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-19th century, emphasizing individualism, nature, and self-reliance.