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The [[verb]] ‘to '''indulge'''’ means ‘to yield to’ or ‘to gratify’. It may take as an [[object]] ''either'' a desire or interest (as in ‘John '''indulged''' his love of travel by taking long train journeys to nowhere in particular’ or ‘James was happy to '''indulge''' Julia’s passion for the theatre and they became regular theatre-goers’) ''or'' a person (as in ‘Jack decided to '''indulge''' the children by allowing them to stay up far beyond their usual bedtime’). In informal speech the [[verb]] is sometimes used [[intransitive]]ly to mean ‘to have an alcoholic drink’.

The related [[noun]] is ‘'''indulgence'''’, which may refer ''either'' to the act or habit of '''indulging''' (as in ‘His father’s '''indulgence''' had a bad effect on the boy’s character’) ''or'' to what is indulged in (as in ‘A small sherry before dinner was his only '''indulgence'''’). The related [[adjective]] ‘'''indulgent'''’ means ‘showing or characterised by '''indulgence'''’ and may be used to describe ''either'' a person’s behaviour on a particular occasion (‘It was '''indulgent''' of him to let the children stay up till midnight’) ''or'' their character (‘He was an '''indulgent''' father’).

In certain contexts the [[noun]] '''indulgence''' is used with a more particular meaning. Two such uses are:

*In the [[Roman Catholic]] Church an '''indulgence''' is a way of reducing the punishment one must undergo for one’s sins – more specifically, the punishment one must undergo after death while in the state of [[purgatory]]. According to [[Catholic]] doctrine, the Church is able to grant '''indulgences''' through its ability to draw on the ‘[[treasury of merits]]’ (the excess of merit generated by the [[supererogatory]] goodness of Jesus and the saints), but an '''indulgence''' should be granted only to those who have performed some appropriate action to receive it. The granting of '''indulgences''' in return for donations to the Church was one of the abuses listed by Martin Luther (1483-1546) in his Ninety Five Theses, the document which set out his criticisms of the [[Catholic]] Church of his day and which he nailed to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral in 1517. (See further [[Counter-Reformation]].)

*In 17th century Britain the '''Acts of Indulgence''' proposed by the [[Stuart]] kings, Charles II and James II, were attempts to promote a measure of religious tolerance. In 1672 Charles II (reigned 1660-1685) introduced legislation to remove some of the restrictions imposed on Roman Catholics and (Protestant) [[Nonconformist]]s by acts passed earlier in his reign (e.g., the ''Corporation Act'' (1661), which required all holders of public office to take communion in an Anglican Church, and the ''Act of Uniformity'' (1662), which stipulated that all public acts of worship follow the order of service in the ''Book of Common Prayer''). Charles’s proposed legislation proved extremely controversial: Parliament forced him to withdraw it and, with the ''Test Acts'' of 1673 and 1678, further strengthened the restrictions on Catholics and Nonconformists. In 1687 Charles’s younger brother and successor on the throne, James II (1633-1701, reigned 1685-1688), attempted to introduce a (similar) '''Act of Indulgence''', but the attempt met with even fiercer hostility from Parliamentarians, and was one of the reasons for James’ deposition and the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688.

[[Etymology|'''Etymological note''']]: '''Indulgence''', '''indulgent''', and '''indulge''' all come from the [[Latin]] [[verb]] ''indulgēre'', ’to be kind to’, ‘to indulge’, ‘to give way to’, ‘to indulge in’.

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 *In the [[Roman Catholic]] Church an '''indulgence''' is a way of reducing the punishment one must undergo for one’s sins – more specifically, the punishment one must undergo after death while in the state of [[purgatory]]. According to [[Catholic]] doctrine, the Church is able to grant '''indulgences''' through its ability to draw on the ‘[[treasury of merits]]’ (the excess of merit generated by the [[Derogation, prorogation, etc.|supererogatory]] goodness of Jesus and the saints), but an '''indulgence''' should be granted only to those who have performed some appropriate action to receive it. The granting of '''indulgences''' in return for donations to the Church was one of the abuses listed by Martin Luther (1483-1546) in his Ninety Five Theses, the document which set out his criticisms of the [[Catholic]] Church of his day and which he nailed to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral in 1517. (See further [[Counter-Reformation]].)
-*In 17th century Britain the '''Acts of Indulgence''' proposed by the [[Stuart]] kings, Charles II and James II, were attempts to promote a measure of religious tolerance. In 1672 Charles II (reigned 1660-1685) introduced legislation to remove some of the restrictions imposed on Roman Catholics and (Protestant) [[Nonconformist]]s by acts passed earlier in his reign (e.g., the ''Corporation Act'' (1661), which required all holders of public office to take communion in an Anglican Church, and the ''Act of Uniformity'' (1662), which stipulated that all public acts of worship follow the order of service in the ''Book of Common Prayer''). Charles’s proposed legislation proved extremely controversial: Parliament forced him to withdraw it and, with the ''Test Acts'' of 1673 and 1678, further strengthened the restrictions on Catholics and Nonconformists. In 1687 Charles’s younger brother and successor on the throne, James II (1633-1701, reigned 1685-1688), attempted to introduce a (similar) '''Act of Indulgence''', but the attempt met with even fiercer hostility from Parliamentarians, and was one of the reasons for James’ deposition and the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688.
+*In 17th century Britain the '''Acts of Indulgence''' proposed by the [[Stuart]] kings, [[King Charles#Charles II|Charles II]] and [[King James#James II#James II (and VII)|James II]], were attempts to promote a measure of religious tolerance. In 1672 Charles II (reigned 1660-1685) introduced legislation to remove some of the restrictions imposed on Roman Catholics and (Protestant) [[Nonconformist]]s by acts passed earlier in his reign (e.g., the ''Corporation Act'' (1661), which required all holders of public office to take communion in an Anglican Church, and the ''Act of Uniformity'' (1662), which stipulated that all public acts of worship follow the order of service in the ''Book of Common Prayer''). Charles’s proposed legislation proved extremely controversial: Parliament forced him to withdraw it and, with the ''Test Acts'' of 1673 and 1678, further strengthened the restrictions on Catholics and Nonconformists. In 1687 Charles’s younger brother and successor on the throne, James II (1633-1701, reigned 1685-1688), attempted to introduce a (similar) '''Act of Indulgence''', but the attempt met with even fiercer hostility from Parliamentarians, and was one of the reasons for James’ deposition and [[The Glorious Revolution]] of 1688.
 [[Etymology|'''Etymological note''']]: '''Indulgence''', '''indulgent''', and '''indulge''' all come from the [[Latin]] [[verb]] ''indulgēre'', ’to be kind to’, ‘to indulge’, ‘to give way to’, ‘to indulge in’.
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 In certain contexts the [[noun]] '''indulgence''' is used with a more particular meaning. Two such uses are:
-*In the [[Roman Catholic]] Church an '''indulgence''' is a way of reducing the punishment one must undergo for one’s sins – more specifically, the punishment one must undergo after death while in the state of [[purgatory]]. According to [[Catholic]] doctrine, the Church is able to grant '''indulgences''' through its ability to draw on the ‘[[treasury of merits]]’ (the excess of merit generated by the [[supererogatory]] goodness of Jesus and the saints), but an '''indulgence''' should be granted only to those who have performed some appropriate action to receive it. The granting of '''indulgences''' in return for donations to the Church was one of the abuses listed by Martin Luther (1483-1546) in his Ninety Five Theses, the document which set out his criticisms of the [[Catholic]] Church of his day and which he nailed to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral in 1517. (See further [[Counter-Reformation]].)
+*In the [[Roman Catholic]] Church an '''indulgence''' is a way of reducing the punishment one must undergo for one’s sins – more specifically, the punishment one must undergo after death while in the state of [[purgatory]]. According to [[Catholic]] doctrine, the Church is able to grant '''indulgences''' through its ability to draw on the ‘[[treasury of merits]]’ (the excess of merit generated by the [[Derogation, prorogation, etc.|supererogatory]] goodness of Jesus and the saints), but an '''indulgence''' should be granted only to those who have performed some appropriate action to receive it. The granting of '''indulgences''' in return for donations to the Church was one of the abuses listed by Martin Luther (1483-1546) in his Ninety Five Theses, the document which set out his criticisms of the [[Catholic]] Church of his day and which he nailed to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral in 1517. (See further [[Counter-Reformation]].)
 *In 17th century Britain the '''Acts of Indulgence''' proposed by the [[Stuart]] kings, Charles II and James II, were attempts to promote a measure of religious tolerance. In 1672 Charles II (reigned 1660-1685) introduced legislation to remove some of the restrictions imposed on Roman Catholics and (Protestant) [[Nonconformist]]s by acts passed earlier in his reign (e.g., the ''Corporation Act'' (1661), which required all holders of public office to take communion in an Anglican Church, and the ''Act of Uniformity'' (1662), which stipulated that all public acts of worship follow the order of service in the ''Book of Common Prayer''). Charles’s proposed legislation proved extremely controversial: Parliament forced him to withdraw it and, with the ''Test Acts'' of 1673 and 1678, further strengthened the restrictions on Catholics and Nonconformists. In 1687 Charles’s younger brother and successor on the throne, James II (1633-1701, reigned 1685-1688), attempted to introduce a (similar) '''Act of Indulgence''', but the attempt met with even fiercer hostility from Parliamentarians, and was one of the reasons for James’ deposition and the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688.

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-The [[verb]] ‘to '''indulge'''’ means ‘to yield to’ or ‘to gratify’. It may take as an [[object]] ''either'' a desire or interest (as in ‘John '''indulged''' his love of travel by taking long train journeys to nowhere in particular’ or ‘James was happy to '''indulge''' Julia’s passion for the theatre and they became regular theatre-goers’) ''or'' a person (as in ‘Jack decided to '''indulge''' the children by allowing them to stay up far beyond their usual bedtime’). In informal speech the [[verb]] is sometimes used [[intransitive]]ly to mean ‘to have an alcoholic drink’.
+The [[verb]] ‘to '''indulge'''’ means ‘to yield to’ or ‘to gratify’. It may take as an object ''either'' a desire or interest (as in ‘John '''indulged''' his love of travel by taking long train journeys to nowhere in particular’ or ‘James was happy to '''indulge''' Julia’s passion for the theatre and they became regular theatre-goers’) ''or'' a person (as in ‘Jack decided to '''indulge''' the children by allowing them to stay up far beyond their usual bedtime’). In informal speech the [[verb]] is sometimes used [[intransitive]]ly to mean ‘to have an alcoholic drink’.
 The related [[noun]] is ‘'''indulgence'''’, which may refer ''either'' to the act or habit of '''indulging''' (as in ‘His father’s '''indulgence''' had a bad effect on the boy’s character’) ''or'' to what is indulged in (as in ‘A small sherry before dinner was his only '''indulgence'''’). The related  [[adjective]] ‘'''indulgent'''’ means ‘showing or characterised by '''indulgence'''’ and  may be used to describe ''either'' a person’s behaviour on a particular occasion (‘It was '''indulgent''' of him to let the children stay up till midnight’) ''or'' their character (‘He was an '''indulgent''' father’).
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 [[Etymology|'''Etymological note''']]: '''Indulgence''', '''indulgent''', and '''indulge''' all come from the [[Latin]] [[verb]] ''indulgēre'', ’to be kind to’, ‘to indulge’, ‘to give way to’, ‘to indulge in’.
-[[Category:Religion]][[Category;History]][[Catgeory:Etymology]][[CategoryChristianity]]
+[[Category:Religion]][[Category:History]][[Catgeory:Etymology]][[Category:Christianity]]