Posted on 03/24/2011 9:13:50 AM PDT by Salvation
Featured Term (selected at random):
Those attached to pious articles, rosaries, crucifixes, or medals when the Pope or his authorized representative blesses them. Fragile material or printed pictures are excluded.
Catholic Word of the Day – links will be provided later by another FReeper.
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Johannine Comma (Three Witnesses) |
Apostolic Indulgences |
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to me, this would be like asking my parish priest to bless a Rosary or a medal, but the person asked to do the blessing in these cases would be the Pope or his representative.
Not sure if I am correct here, though.
"An indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishment due to sins that have already been forgiven in the Sacrament of Penance. This temporal punishment exists because every sin, even venial, entails an unhealthy attachment to creatures, which must be purified either here on earth, or after death in a state called Purgatory. Indulgences are obtained through he Church, which opens to us the treasury of merits of Christ and the saints. The remission can be plenary or partial, depending on whether it removes all or only some of the temporal punishment attached to sin. The indulgence can be applied to the person performing the works of devotion, penance, and charity or to a soul in Purgatory."
Pope John Paul II has revived the practice of earning indulgences ... a Papal Bull for the Millennium, Incarnationis Mysterium (The Mystery of the Incarnation), which describes in detail how Roman Catholics may obtain indulgences both for themselves and for souls in Purgatory.
http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=indulgences
Uh Oh, here comes Tetzel again.
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