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- LESSON TWENTY-FIRST: On Indulgences
- Q.839. What is an Indulgence?
- Q.840. What does the word "indulgence" mean?
- Q.841. Is an Indulgence a pardon of sin, or a license to commit sin?
- Q.842. How do good works done in mortal sin profit us?
- Q.843. How many kinds of Indulgences are there?
- Q.844. What is Plenary Indulgence?
- Q.845. Is it easy to gain a Plenary Indulgence?
- Q.846. Which are the most important Plenary Indulgences granted by the Church?
- Q.847. What is a Partial Indulgence?
- Q.848. How long has the practice of granting Indulgences been in use in the Church, and what was its origin?
- Q.849. How do we show that the Church has the power to grant Indulgences?
- Q.850. How do we know that these Indulgences have their effect?
- Q.851. Have there ever existed abuses among the faithful in the manner of using Indulgences?
- Q.852. How have the enemies of the Church made use of the abuse of Indulgences?
- Q.853. How does the Church by means of Indulgences remit the temporal punishment due to sin?
- Q.854. What do we mean by the "superabundant satisfaction of the Blessed Virgin and the Saints"?
- Q.855. Does the Church, by granting Indulgences, free us from doing Penance?
- Q.856. Who has the power to grant Indulgences?
- Q.857. Where shall we find the Indulgences granted by the Church?
- Q.858. What must we do to gain an Indulgence?
- Q.859. Besides being in a state of grace and performing the works enjoined, what else is necessary for the gaining of an Indulgence?
- Q.860. How and why should we make a general intention to gain all possible Indulgences each day?
- Q.861. What works are generally enjoined for the gaining of Indulgences?
- Q.862. What does praying for a person's intention mean?
- Q.863. What does an Indulgence of forty days mean?
- Q.864. Why did the Church moderate its severe penances?
- Q.865. To what things may Indulgences be attached?
- Q.866. When do things lose the Indulgences attached to them?
- Q.867. Will a weekly Confession suffice to gain during the week all Indulgences to which Confession is enjoined as one of the works?
- Q.868. How and when may we apply Indulgences for the benefit of the souls in Purgatory?