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To: GCC Catholic

Can a person still buy an Indulgence?


48 posted on 01/29/2007 10:47:00 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

No. Some indulgences tied to a particular location (a particular shrine or the like), and getting to them often requires some money, but the indulgence for almsgiving (the "bought" indulgence) was eliminated sometime either around the time of or at Trent.


52 posted on 01/29/2007 10:49:47 AM PST by GCC Catholic
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Can a person still buy an Indulgence?

No. Never could, either. Almsgiving was once considered an indulgenced act ... but misconstrual and abuse led to scandal, so that was revoked.

If one can't state one's "opponent's" position clearly, completely, and correctly, in terms with which he would agree, and which he would find inoffensive, one has absolutely no business commenting on the matter.

53 posted on 01/29/2007 10:52:18 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
"Can a person still buy an Indulgence?"

Sure. How much money ya got?

:)

290 posted on 01/29/2007 4:53:41 PM PST by spunkets
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