Questions tagged [indulgence]
A remission of punishment granted by in Roman Catholicism. The practice was attacked by Martin Luther during the Reformation.
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For purposes of gaining a plenary indulgence, when does the day start?
According to Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, a plenary indulgence can normally be granted only once per day (Normae de Indulgentiis No. 18 - § 1) unless the believer is at the point of death (§ 2).
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Prayers for the Intentions of the Pope
Consider the published monthly prayer intentions by Pope Francis for 2024:
The Monthly Prayer Intentions of Pope Francis for 2024
When Catholics say, for example, a family Rosary or perform some other ...
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Is attending a priestly ordination, bishop's consecration, or religious profession an indulgenced act (pious work)?
Is attending a priestly ordination, bishop's consecration, or religious profession an indulgenced act (pious work)?
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Why are indulgences ever needed for oneself?
Like crimes in legal systems, sins have two consequences: they make me guilty (the conviction) of trespassing God's law, and they involve a punishment (the sentence) for such trespassing. In the ...
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What was the old style of penance, before modern indulgences?
In this answer, it is mentioned that the times listed for various indulgences
corresponds not to that amount of time off Purgatory, but to a remission equivalent to what one would get from performing ...
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Purgatory and Plenary Indulgences?
In regards to the purification of the soul before entering heaven; suppose a person has a desire that is sinful and has struggled with it for many years to the point that it has become habitual. The ...
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What does "Altare privilegiatum" mean exactly today?
Does anyone know what "Altare privilegiatum" means today?
I mean, in former times it meant that the altar was privileged and one can get an indulgence.
I also know, that for some of those altars, ...
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Can an indulgence be applied to a deceased non-Catholic Christian?
The Manual of Indulgences published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops states that
The faithful can obtain a partial or plenary indulgences for themselves, or they can apply them to ...
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Are the ancient indulgences still valid, those decreed by the previous Popes?
I found in a 1676 old book that indulgences are granted to the people who wear their rosary around the neck, around the wrist or at the belt.
Is it still valid ?
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Is there any truth to the story that Martin Luther claimed he "bought" hell from a priest?
We have this in our country, I googled it but didn’t find something like this, just found that Martin Luther had something to do with Indulgences.
So is it true or is just some nice writing and good ...
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Is a indulgence valid if granted the night before?
Say a person is granted indulgence after Saturday night mass, (which fulfilled the Sunday obligation). Does that mean he can not be granted indulgence the following morning?
I'm assuming an ...
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According to Catholicism, what is the difference between forgiveness and release from punishment?
The first thing to note is that forgiveness of a sin is separate from punishment for the sin. Through sacramental confession we obtain forgiveness, but we aren't let off the hook as far as punishment ...
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Does the Catholic Church teach that we can choose when to use an indulgence?
Let's say you've done what is necessary to get an indulgence, but you're pretty clean most of the time and want to use it only after having accumulated a significant amount of venial sins.
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Were there indulgences sold for those who had no family when they died?
The book Martin Luther: A Life by James A. Nestingen describes the indulgences around the time of 1517, and says that they could be bought for oneself or others, typically family members.
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Was Tetzel robbed by a man who had preemptively bought an indulgence?
Wikipedia recounts a story told by Martin Luther about Johann Tetzel. It goes a little something like this:
Tetzel was in Leipzig selling indulgences. After collecting a large sum of money, Tetzel ...
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Offering Indulgences to the Poor souls in Purgatory
Obviously this Question is strictly for Catholics.
When all conditions are met from those being granted an indulgence, particularly a plenary indulgence for the souls in Purgatory. Is it necessary ...
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Were plenary indulgences issued during the crusades, as indicated by Dan Brown?
In Dan Brown's novel, The DaVinci Code, if my memory serves me correctly, Leigh Teabing asserts that Crusaders were given plenary indulgences to commit unspecified sins with impunity whilst on crusade....
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Were the indulgences in the Catholic Church always to be followed by Confession?
Wikipedia's article on indulgences says that indulgences in the Catholic Church, especially prior to Reformation, were granting people only the remission of punishment, but not the remission of guilt. ...
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How do indulgences remit temporal punishment?
"An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment
due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful
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Why doesn't the Catholic Church give indulgences to everybody, regardless of their works?
In learning about indulgences, I started to wonder why a work was necessary for the giving of an indulgence. In looking at the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it appears to me that a work is ...
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Old Roman Catholic Bibles having indulgence charts?
I just listened to a podcast of an Orthodox priest talking about his conversion into the Eastern Orthodox church. He mentioned something about how he once courted an irish Catholic girl who had a big ...
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Were paid indulgences compulsory prior to the Reformation?
Luther's 95 Theses were a refutation of selling indulgences on the part of the Catholic Church. Did he, or others, believe that the Church was saying that:
The only way to be a good Christian was to ...
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Is it true that John Paul II restored the practice of selling indulgences in 2000?
Is it true that John Paul II restored the practice of selling indulgences in the Roman Catholic Church in 2000?
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two sources: here and here
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What are indulgences and when and why were they used?
I seem to recall that indulgences had something to do with Roman Catholics doing something to receive forgiveness of sins prior to committing the sins.
So, is that what indulgences were? When did ...
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If you are forgiven through the Grace of God, why do you need an Indulgence?
Ephesians 2:8,9 (NIV)
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
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Why did Luther curse those who oppose indulgences?
In the 95 Theses, Luther makes a stand against corruption in the Catholic church of that day. This resulted in events leading to the separation between the Catholic and Protestant churches.
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