Question

5. Raising Funds to build St.
Peter's Basilica : Pope Leo X wanted
to build St. Peter's Basilica (Church)
with the new architectural designs. He
sent emissaries to john
Tetzel, an agent of the Pope, went to
Wittenberg with the mission of raising
for the building. It provoked
Martin Luther.

what is meant by sale of indulgences?
pls write the answer from the paragraph​

Answer 1

Explanation:

One particularly well-known Catholic method of exploitation in the Middle Ages was the practice of selling indulgences, a monetary payment of penalty which, supposedly, absolved one of past sins and/or released one from purgatory after death.