The selling of indulgence was once an "infallible" Church teaching. After two hundred years it was condemned. One has to wonder how a infallible teaching could go bad.
"The selling of indulgence was once an "infallible" Church teaching. After two hundred years it was condemned. One has to wonder how a infallible teaching could go bad."
The selling of indulgences was never part of Holy Tradition. It was a practice in the West. In fact, the whole concept of indulgences is essentially Western. The idea existed in the East in a few places but it never gained any traction.
Get your facts straight. You should know better. The idea of indulgences is infallible. Selling of them was an abuse. Indulgences are not meant to be sold, they are given by the power invested in the Church to bind and loosen. A large donation (we call "almsgiving") is a valid means of walking in faith. Did not Jesus commend the old lady who gave two pennies? Was she buying an indulgence??
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