Sacraments - Part 1

Indulgences

By definition, an indulgence is the remission in whole or

in part of the temporal punishment due to personal sin,

provided that the sin has already been forgiven. The power

invested in the Church and her bishops and priests to grant

indulgences is found in several scriptures.

To Peter alone Jesus granted the first power to bind and

loose anything.

Matthew 16:19

I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.

Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;

and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed

in heaven.