Indulgences : their origin, nature, and development

Indulgences : their origin, nature, and development

Author: Lépicier, Alexis Henri Marie, 1863-1936

Year: 1906

CONTENTS CHAPTER I DEATH AND THE TREE OF LIFE "They shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices." — Prov. i. 31. THE NATURE OF SIN AND OF GOOD WORKS. 1. Death was introduced into the world by sin 1 2. The twofold guilt which sin imports 4 3. True sorrow for sin, an essential condition for restoration to the grace of God 4 4. Luther's acceptation of the word Penance 7 5. The Scriptural meaning of this word 9 6. The temporal debt is not always remitted through contrition 11 7. The power of satisfaction inherent to good works : it may be applied to others 14 8. A threefold case With regard to satisfaction 16 9. Christ's superabundant merits and satisfaction 19 10. What of these merits, if they are not applied 20 11. The doctrine of the Communion of Saints in the Catholic Church 21 12. Peter de Blois's letter on this subject to the Monks of Chichester 23 13. The Communion of Saints comprehends the Church Militant, Suffering, and Triumphant 24 14. The mystery of suffering 25 CHAPTER II MERCY AND FORGIVENESS "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ." — Gal. vi. 2. TRUE NOTION OF AN INDULGENCE. 1. Three ways in which sa