Indulgences were covered in the 25th Session of the Council. I have included the entire paragraph covering indulgences below.
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Basically it doesn't say anything about the "sale" of indulgences, however, it directs that all bishops see that any abuses of indulgences be reported and stopped "And being desirous that the abuses which have crept therein, and by occasion of which this honourable name of Indulgences is blasphemed by heretics, be amended and corrected."
DECREE CONCERNING INDULGENCES.
Whereas the power of conferring Indulgences was granted by Christ to the Church; and she has, even in the most ancient times, used the said power, delivered unto her of God; the sacred holy Synod teaches, and enjoins, that the use of Indulgences, for the Christian people most salutary, and approved of [Page 278] by the authority of sacred Councils, is to be retained in the Church; and It condemns with anathema those who either assert, that they are useless; or who deny that there is in the Church the power of granting them. In granting them, however, It desires that, in accordance with the ancient and approved custom in the Church, moderation be observed; lest, by excessive facility, ecclesastical discipline be enervated. And being desirous that the abuses which have crept therein, and by occasion of which this honourable name of Indulgences is blasphemed by heretics, be amended and corrected, It ordains generally by this decree, that all evil gains for the obtaining thereof,--whence a most prolific cause of abuses amongst the Christian people has been derived,--be wholly abolished. But as regards the other abuses which have proceeded from superstition, ignorance, irreverence, or from what soever other source, since, by reason of the manifold corruptions in the places and provinces where the said abuses are committed, they cannot conveniently be specially prohibited; It commands all bishops, diligently to collect, each in his own church, all abuses of this nature, and to report them in the first provincial Synod; that, after having been reviewed by the opinions of the other bishops also, they may forthwith be referred to the Sovereign Roman Pontiff, by whose authority and prudence that which may be expedient for the universal Church will be ordained; that this the gift of holy Indulgences may be dispensed to all the faithful, piously, holily, and incorruptly.
Indulgences are not forgiveness for future sins. They are a lessening of punishment in Purgatory for sins already forgiven. Indulgences are gained by certain spiritual and corporal works of devotion but paying for indulgences ended with the Council of Trent.
Indulgences are not forgiveness for future sins. They are a lessening of punishment in Purgatory for sins already forgiven. Indulgences are gained by certain spiritual and corporal works of devotion but paying for indulgences ended with the Council of Trent.
what happened at the council of trent
The Council of Trent was held in Trent, a city in northern Italy.
The Council of Trent was NOT suspended in 1545 but was held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy.
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was convened by Pope Paul III on December 13, 1545, and concluded on December 4, 1563.
The Council of Trent.
council of Trent
The Council of Trent was an ecumenical council convened by the Roman Catholic Church in Trento, the principle city of the Bishopric of Trent, now a part of modern Italy, thus its name. The council had 25 sessions from Dec. 13, 1545 to Dec. 4, 1563. The first 8 session were held in Trent, the next three in Bologna, and the last 14 back in Trent.
Pope Paul III convened the Council of Trent in 1545.
Council of Trent