Decree Concerning Indulgences, Session 25, December 4th, 1563. Whereas the power of conferring Indulgences was granted by Christ to the Church… the use of Indulgences… is to be retained in the Church… [The Church] condemns those who either claim that [indulgences] are useless or who deny that [the Church has] the power of granting them. [However], moderation be observed… [The Church desires] that the abuses which have [led to] Indulgences [being protested] by heretics, be amended and corrected, [and] commands all bishops, diligently to collect, each in his own church, all abuses of this nature, and to report them [so that] the gift of holy Indulgences may be dispensed (given out) to all the faithful, piously, holily, and incorruptly.

Historical Context: Explain the historical circumstances that led to the historical development in the document.

It was a combination of conquests and alliances

Hey the answer is the politics of the southern united states generally refers to the political landscape of the southern united states. due to the region's unique cultural and historical heritage, including slavery, the south has been involved in many political issues. some of these issues include states' rights, reconstruction, the civil rights movement and social conservatism. from the 1870s to the 1960s, the region was referred to as the solid south, due to their consistent support for democrats in all elective offices. as a result, its congressmen gained seniority across many terms, thus enabling them to control many congressional committees. in presidential politics, the south began to move away from national democratic loyalties with the dixiecrat movement of 1948 and the barry goldwater presidential campaign of 1964. among white southerners, democratic loyalties first fell away at the presidential level, followed much later at the state and local levels.