# Indulgence fee

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- Modified: 2023-07-25T21:01:27+00:00
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## Definition

The unchallenged principle in criminal law, according to which, in addition to punishment - for example, for theft - there must also be reparation - in this case, the return of the stolen property to the owner - found its way into Christian theology early on. A sin as the culpable contravention of a commandment of God must therefore - first of all - be redeemed before God by repentance (penitence: the act of feeling shame, sorrow and regret for having done wrong) and then - the disturbance of the God-established order caused by the sin must be restored. - This second could happen under certain circumstances also by payment in cash: the indulgence money in the narrower sense. - Abusively, the first, namely the penance, was then also issued as purchasable (external cause of the Reformation in Germany by Martin Luther!) and made into a regular trade via so-called letters of indulgence (commercialized). - Indulgence, in old documents also of the neuter gender, derives from ablassen in the meaning to remit, forgive, absolve. - See Abtrag, Annaten, Beichtgeld, Bussgeld, Dispensationsgeld, Läutegeld, Kathedralgeld, Kirchgeld, Obvention, Opfergeld, Palliengeld, Peterspfennig, Pönalgeld, Prokurationsgeld, Simonie. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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