RG ST 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Deathbed Confession, Johann Tetzel, Pope Clement Vi
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Reference to fire in first corinthians 3. 11-15. Suffrages (masses, prayer, alms) by living reduce intensity, duration of fire. Vision of saint perpetua (carthage, 203 ce) Monastic order based in citeaux, eastern france. Monks met by knight owen in purgatory of st. patrick. Reformed by bernard of clairvaux, 11th c. Peter the eater and masses for the dead. Est"d dates of masses for the dead (10/31-11/2): (all hallow"s eve, 10/31; all saint"s day, 11/1; all soul"s day, 11/2) In 1202, pope innocent iii made this official church doctrine. Living assist souls in purgatory through suffrages. Family of church: virgin mary, apostles, pope, priests, monks. Church placed itself between god and his creatures. Balanced number, seriousness of venial sins against >> << number of years spent in. Last time, announces departure for earthly paradise. Pilgrimage system (to rome, purgatory of saint patrick, etc. ) System of suffrages, through reserve bank of church. Indulgences substitutes for all other forms of penance.
