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 40 mDULO-ScES. [Boor lI. December. Second, To gain this plenary indulgence it is necessary to be truly penitent, to make a good conjsson, &c., according to the above bull and intention of our holy father, the pope; five Paters, and five Aves, and a creed, to the above intention, will fulfil the above obliga- tions. Thirdly, All priests, approved of by us to hear confessions, can, during the above time, abso/w all such persons as present themselves with due dispositions at confession, in order to obtain this p/enm/n- dugenc, from all sins and �,ures reserved to the holy see, or to us they enjoining on such persons as are thus asolwd a salutary penance. "We order this pastoral letter and instruction to be read in every chapel of our diceess, in town and country, at every mass, on Sunday the 14th, 21st, the 28th of November instant, and on Sunday the 5th of December next. Given at Cork, Nov. 2, 1813. l FRANCIS MOYLAN." The following bull of Pope Leo, given in the year 1824, in ference to the observance of the jubilee for the year 1825, will show that the doctrine of Rome i8 now in reality as erroneous as it ever was, in refer- ence to indulgences. "We have resolved," says Leo, "by virtue of the authority given to us t�om heaven, fully to unlock that sacred trea. sure, composed of the merits, sufferings, and virtues of Christ our Lord, and of his virgin mother, and of all the saints, which the Author of hu- man salvation has intrusted to our dispensation. To you, therefore, venerable brethren, patriarchs, primates, archbishops, bishops, it be- longs to explain with perspicuity the power of indulgences, what is their efficacy in the remission, not only of canonical penance, but also of the temporal punishment due to the divine justice for past sin, and what sac coat is afforded out of this heavenly treasure, from the merits of Christ and his safflts, to sqch as have departed real penitents in God's love, yet before they hacI duly satisfied by fruits worthy of pen. once for sins of commission and omission, and are now purifying in the re of purgatory, that an entrance may be opened for them into their eternal country, where nothing defiled is admitted." What traveller in Roman Catholic countries does not report con- cerning the various oss indulgences, notices of which are set up in every church door, and in the most public places ?. But we have al- ready given' a sufficiency of specimens, and those who desire to see more must be referred to such works as particularly treat on this topic. IV. How indulgences silly to tA dad. Several curious questions are proposed and solved by Roman tholie divines respecting the manner in which indulgences are applica- ble to the dead. Dens'says that there is a difference between an indulgence for the dead and one for tho living; as that for the living is not only solatic, a a'olution, or/oosiag, but also an absolution; while one for the dead is only a solution, not an atmolution.* He also afttrina that indulgences can be applied to souls in purgatory, because, 1. Private Christians can apply to souls in purgatory their own satisfactions, therefore the pope can apply to souls in purgatory the satisfactions of Christ and of the saints, from the treasury of the church. 2. The pope can apply indulgences for the living, and there- fore for the dead, seeing they are members of the same body.t �.Tract, de Indulg., No, 246. t Idem. 1 ,Goocle

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