Sentences with phrase «plenary indulgence»
A "plenary indulgence" is a special forgiveness by the Catholic Church that removes all punishment for past sins. It is thought to help people enter heaven faster. Full definition
WE call those intangibles plenary indulgences.
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plenary indulgence isnt a complicated theology.
The Pope promised a «plenary indulgence» — a pardon for all sins — to those who enlisted for the crusade.
Peddling relics used to be a good job... Buy two planks from Noah's Ark and get a plenary indulgence free!
As a committed Catholic who was raised in the seventies and taught that indulgences were a relic of the past, I struggle with the church and Pope even invoking the term «plenary indulgence.»
The next step was to offer a plenary indulgence to those unable to go themselves but willing to pay for someone else to go in their place.
Best of all was a plenary indulgence, which remitted all of the time owing up to that point.
Let's leave aside the very complicated theology of the plenary indulgence for a moment, and see how this story got out of hand.
After all, Our Blessed Lord personally reconciled the penitent thief while hanging on the cross, granting him a plenary indulgence too.
Pointing to the example of St. Jean Vianney and his tireless, indeed heroic, commitment to the confessional, he urged priests to make this sacramental ministry a priority in their lives, even linking it to the gaining of a plenary indulgence for the priest himself during that year.
On June 24, the Apostolic Penitentiary (the Vatican office that deals with matters concerning sin,) issued a document that said the faithful who attend the upcoming World Youth Day in Brazil would receive a «plenary indulgence» for their efforts during pilgrimage.
The Vatican's Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary publication says that the Pope will be giving «plenary indulgences», which reduces one's time in purgatory, to his Twitter followers.
In my childhood, we were «sold» plenary indulgences and often told to pray for a priest at the time of our death.
The cross was worn as a symbol of dedication, and plenary indulgence — that is, remission of the temporal penalties for sin — was promised to those who engaged in the enterprise with singleness of heart.
Palmer makes it clear that though there must have been some doubt, dogmatically, about this in Luther's time, and in the nineteenth century, the conclusion must be drawn that the Church has definitely declined to believe that a plenary indulgence transferred by prayer to a soul in purgatory can guarantee its release, though the Church hopes, as it were, that Christ will respect her wishes in the matter.
The Way of St. James was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during the Middle Ages, together with those to Rome and Jerusalem, and a pilgrimage route on which a plenary indulgence could be earned; [5] other major pilgrimage routes include the Via Francigena to Rome and the pilgrimage to Jerusalem.