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 souls [in purgatory], not by the power of the keys (which he does not possess), but by way of intercession.

. They preach man who say that so soon as the penny jingles into the money-box, the soul flies out [of purgatory].

. It is certain that when the penny jingles into the money-box, gain and avarice can be increased, but the result of the intercession of the Church is in the power of God alone.

. Who knows whether all the souls in purgatory wish to be bought out of it, as in the legend of Sts. Severus and Paschal.

. No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less that he has attained full remission.

. Rare as is the man that is truly penitent, so rare is also the man who truly buys indulgences, i. e., such men are most rare.

. They will be condemned eternally, together with their teachers, who believe themselves sure of their salvation because they have letters of pardon.

. Men must be on their guard against those who say that the pope's pardons are that inestimable gift of God by which man is reconciled to Him;

. For these "graces of pardon" concern only the penalties of sacramental satisfaction, and these are appointed by man.

. They preach no Christian doctrine who teach that