Jewish Belief in Indulgences and the Communion of Saints
©2025 Victor R. Claveau, MJ The Catholic Church’s doctrine on indulgences is a legitimate outgrowth of Jewish belief in an afterlife and an individual’s final judgment before the throne of God. Orthodox Jewish belief is that the final judgment is but the culmination of a series of annual judgments, which take place on Yom Kippur […]
Apostolic Constitution of Pope Paul VI
Indulgentiarum Doctrina Whereby the Revision of Sacred Indulgences is Promulgated Chapter 1 1. The doctrine and practice of indulgences which have been in force for many centuries in the Catholic Church have a solid foundation in divine revelation which comes from the Apostles and “develops in the Church with the help of the Holy Spirit,” […]
Indulgences on Sold Items
Fr. Edward McNanara Q: Reading the “Handbook of Indulgences” I learned that an indulgence attached to an object, such as a crucifix blessed by a bishop, is lost when the object is sold. I was at a convention and a vendor had St. Benedict medal crucifixes blessed by Pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day […]
NORMS ON INDULGENCES*.
An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment for sins, whose guilt is forgiven, which a properly disposed member of the Christian faithful obtains under certain and clearly defined conditions through the intervention of the Church, which, as the minister of Redemption, dispenses and applies authoritatively the treasury of the expiatory works […]