Why read past the statement that the Church considers “indulgences” necessary and sufficient for salvation?
Never in any of my old-school Catholic education was I taught or told this; they were nice, kind of like extra credit in school, but a side issue. Trust me, the modern Church would get as far away as possible from this practice as possible to suck up to Mainline Protestantism.
Well steve8714,
This is the quote from the article, which you are mangling horribly:
“This is what Rome teaches is necessary to be believed and practiced for salvation.”
Nothing there about necessary and sufficient. But as they are de fide doctrines, you MUST hold to them or you are not following the authority of the RCC, risking your very soul for not doing so. Thus they are necessary to be believed, though the practising part just is common sense, unless you want to experience Purgatory for longer than you can avoid.