[lockeliberty]

Excellent post. I agree with virtually everything the author stated including that a lot of evangelicals proclaim that Christ said: "It is finished", and then assume that there is no need for any additional repentance. My question to the catholics is: How does paying for indulgences accomplish the humility the author was speaking of in the essay you posted?

31. The man who actually buys indulgences is as rare as he who is really penitent; indeed, he is exceedingly rare.

[oremus]

As the material states, paying for indulgences was at that time also a form of almsgiving - an act of charity. Almsgiving is often also employed as a form of penance, or a sacrifice. We cannot know the internal disposition of each and every person who pays (or rather paid) for an indulgence, only God would know that, but ideally the faithful were called to do this (pay and receive the indulgence) humbly and with the right intention.