2007-01-29 09:31:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Indulgences do have to do with the church.
2007-01-29 09:40:35 · update #1
People can still receive indulgences.
Indulgences are not a license to sin whenever you want.
It is not a "get out of Hell card"
Indulgences are not forgiveness of sin.
All sin results in temporal punishment. Think of it as if you broke a window. You can receive forgiveness from the homeowner for breaking his window, but you are still expected to make restition for breaking the window. If we have not righted alll the wrongs we have done in this life, there is still time to pay in Purgatory.
Indulgences, usually in the form of practices, devotions, or acts of charity are ways of paying back for breaking that window and lessening your time in Purgatory.
2007-01-29 09:45:13 · answer #1 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The infallibility of the Pope is only when he is making a proclamation about the Church. It is not about his daily life, the prayers he says, or the things he does when it is not official.
For instance: If the Pope were to bet on a football game, and lose, that does not prove Papal Infallibility wrong.
Make sense?
2007-01-29 09:37:50 · answer #2 · answered by Jay 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The infallability of the Pope was something declared around the 17 - 1800's... Not during the indulgency period....
2007-01-29 09:37:31 · answer #3 · answered by TK421 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since when did they stop practicing indulgences? The tridentine Catholic church still does, with the pope's blessing. And the Pope is not infallible. no man is infallible.
2007-01-29 09:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by bbjones9 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was mentioned in the catechism of the catholic church the doctrine of infallible pope. So jinenglis and bbjones9 wakeup its part of catholic doctrine!
Only God is infallible, papacy is not christianity.
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2007-01-29 10:06:29 · answer #5 · answered by jocel_gomez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infallibility is only in regards to matters of Faith and Morals, and only applies when the Pope speaks 'ex cathedra'. One has nothing to do with the other.
2007-01-29 09:49:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Pope has not claimed to be infallible. Try to keep up.
2007-01-29 09:35:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We still have indulgences, but they have nothing to do with papal infallibility.
2007-01-29 10:00:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the Pope has always been infallible.
2007-01-29 09:36:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Indulgence is still being practiced by the Vatican , look how rich that place is. Just can never have enough money!
2007-01-29 09:42:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋