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indulgence

Also known as plenary indulgence, partial indulgence, sale of indulgences

thumb|Inscription on the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in [[Rome: (English: "Perpetual everyday plenary indulgence on every occasion for the living and the dead")]] thumb|Apostolic Benediction and Plenary Indulgence Parchment, featuring picture of Pope Pius XII

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An indulgence is a Catholic Church practice that reduces or eliminates the spiritual penalty (purgatory) believed to follow from sin, even after the sin itself has been forgiven. The Church grants indulgences through certain religious acts or locations, and they matter because Catholics view them as a way to shorten their spiritual purification after death.

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Commons category: Indulgences
P8168: Padartsi
publication date: 1999-00-00

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Contents

Catholic teaching
Dispositions necessary to gain an indulgence
Present discipline
Subjects who have the power to grant indulgences
Actions for which indulgences are granted
Partial indulgences
Plenary indulgences
Special indulgences
Apostolic Blessing
Coronavirus plenary indulgences
History
Early and medieval beliefs
Late Medieval usage
Protestant Reformation
Council of Trent
Eastern Orthodox Church
See also
References
Citations
Sources
Further reading
External links

In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (, from , 'permit') is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for (forgiven) sins". The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes an indulgence as "a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions…"