Editing Indulgence (section)

===Council of Trent===
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On 16 July 1562, the [[Council of Trent]] suppressed the office of {{lang|la|quaestores}} and reserved the collection of alms to two [[canon (priest)|canon members]] of the [[chapter (religion)|chapter]], who were to receive no remuneration for their work; it also reserved the publication of indulgences to the bishop of the diocese.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.hanover.edu/texts/trent/ct21.html|title=CT21|website=history.hanover.edu}}</ref> Then, on 4 December 1563, in its final session, the Council addressed the question of indulgences directly, declaring them "most salutary for the Christian people", decreeing that "all evil gains for the obtaining of them be wholly abolished", and instructing bishops to be on the watch for any abuses concerning them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.hanover.edu/texts/trent/ct25.html|title=CT25|website=history.hanover.edu}}</ref>

A few years later, in 1567, [[Pope Pius&nbsp;V]] canceled all grants of indulgences involving any fees or other financial transactions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07783a.htm|title=Catholic Encyclopedia: Indulgences|website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref><ref name="catholic.com">"Myths About Indulgences." Catholic Answers. Retrieved 16 Apr. 2008 [http://www.catholic.com/tracts/myths-about-indulgences Myths about indulgences] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904025054/http://www.catholic.com/tracts/myths-about-indulgences |date=2012-09-04 }}</ref> This meant that indulgences would continue to be attached to virtuous acts of prayer, piety and pilgrimages, but no longer would they be attached to [[almsgiving]], because the potential for abuse of such indulgences was deemed too great.

After the Council of Trent, [[Clement&nbsp;VIII]] established a commission of Cardinals to deal with indulgences according to the mind of the Council. It continued its work during the pontificate of [[Paul&nbsp;V]] and published various bulls and decrees on the matter. However, only [[Clement&nbsp;IX]] established a true [[Congregation of Indulgences]] (and Relics) with a Brief of 6 July 1669. In a {{lang|la|[[motu proprio]]}} on 28 January 1904, [[Pius&nbsp;X]] joined the Congregation of Indulgences with that of Rites, but with the restructuring of the [[Roman Curia]] in 1908 all matters regarding indulgences were assigned to the [[Inquisition|Holy Inquisition]]. In a {{lang|la|motu proprio}} on 25 March 1915, [[Benedict&nbsp;XV]] transferred the Holy Inquisition's Section for Indulgences to the [[Apostolic Penitentiary]], but maintained the Holy Inquisition's responsibility for matters regarding the doctrine of indulgences.{{citation needed|date = January 2014}}