Indulgence privilege
“Pope John XXIII. on the eve of the nuns of April (April 4, 1960) awarded this Liberian patriarchal basilica the permanent privilege of perfect indulgence, which the faithful can obtain at any time, whenever they reverently visit this basilica and, after receiving the sacrament of penance and nourished with the offer holy food, prayers in the opinion of the Pope. "
A drain privilege is in the Roman Catholic Church a privilege that the Pope or the person authorized by him ecclesiastical authority a certain place, usually a sanctuary , formerly individual altars ( Altare privilegiatum ) and grace pictures will be awarded. It stipulates that under the conditions under which indulgence , i.e. partial or total remission of the temporal punishments for sin can be acquired - these conditions always include the reception of the sacrament of penance and communion - the pious visit to this place is commenced.
The privilege of indulgence is an award for the privileged place and an invitation to the faithful to visit it, preferably on the patronage festival . It had significant financial consequences, especially in earlier times, and made it possible to expand and decorate the church in question. Many folk festivals and fairs go back to an indulgence privilege.
If a place was privileged with a perpetual indulgence, the indulgence was not limited to certain days, but could be acquired there at any time - provided the other conditions were observed.
In the late Middle Ages, indulgence privileges played a special role for monasteries, which enabled the religious to obtain indulgences without the pilgrimage to Rome or another place of pilgrimage. These indulgence privileges were particularly important for women's monasteries. An example of such indulgence privileges is the one granted to the Dominican convent of St. Catherine in Augsburg by Pope Innocent VIII in 1487, which allowed the nuns to obtain the various indulgences of the seven main Roman churches through prayers within the walls of their monastery. In the form of the so-called Basilica cycle , reference was made to the privilege in the furnishings of the monastery. There were frequent papal privileges in which, like this one, the indulgences of the seven main Roman churches were granted elsewhere. The same thing happened with the portiuncula drain .
Not to be confused with the indulgence privilege is the indulgence letter , which certifies that the individual believer has fulfilled the conditions for an indulgence.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Indulgence conditions for the year of faith
- ↑ so the Dominican market in Gdansk