, 1870-04-10
mEAILIBLE INDULGEN CES.
From Al H.. lIsar Rouns

A truly golden Idea was conceived By Bon
iiace the Eighth; be iuTcnted the jubilee.
Tho old Romans celebrated the commencement
Of each century with great festivities The
source. Who made pilgrimage IN such
year to Rome, md Deposited cottain sum on
The altar, received indulgence for Ill sins cEer
committed III al lis Me, and might leAve
again - tunoccnt as hah{! .
gers passed the yezr 1900 in Home. It IL I'M
possible to eatinate the snaount paid in gold
and Hilver to the Church by rich people,
rs tho Pope did not think it c1pediens
to pnblish It; Int What ~ e.. paid only
COLDER gildetn, and according to a moderate
estimation about fifteen millions wore pail in
all; sum Of which the value in 1900 wss
nearly fabulous. This rich harvest OF courao
whetted the papsl appetite. The treasure Of
the Pope was inc1haastible-.in in indulsenccs-
to order that = siuilar jubilee should take
place every hfty-Ei1 yeaIe.. Indeed vener
Able man Will, two Eeys Of course ST. Peter,
appeared 10 him and said, with threatening
gestnre, 'open tho gate!" What could be do
knt ohcy? Urban the Sixth was s:in kinder
years in remembrance OF the age Of Clrist
Si1tus the Fourth was 20 liberal as to lower it
again to twenty-five years. on account Of the
hfc1ity of human Life.
The Hceond inhilsos under Clement the si1th
1sso), proved .till uo5S productive than the
tho angels Of paradise to release from pnrsa-
tory the souls or those who might aie On their
| way TO Rome, and to introduce them directly
| into paradise" Rome was 60 much crowded
| that year, that the hote1-Ecepers bec1mo ncar]y
crazy. Two priests relieved each other day
| and night At The altar Of St, rotc1, with rakea
/ in their hsnds raking III Tho money offered by
| the fnith{nl, who 80 crowded the church that
.aany were crushed to deatl+ Ten thousand
| pilgrims died Of the post, hut it'vas scarcely
! noticed for their total number amounted 70
| more ulan one million and y lAlf, and the
| money they Eaye 10 the church amounted to
above twenty-five millioua!
| Donifacc tho Ninth calculated that there
wero very many Christians who could not
como to Rome, either because the journey
cost too much, or bec.uso they could not well
| leave Their bueinesa. He therefore sent thcn1
inlulgcnccs to thir own doo.s, for onc-thizd Of
tho travelling expenses
Lso tho Tenth, ye3 lu1urious pieco Of In
falGbilty, spent immense sums en- his chill
drcn, relatives, testers. comedians, musicians,
and artists" and was very dcsiIoua Of In.
creasing the ample resources Of the Church.
/ mcncca building ST. Peters Church For that
purpose the whole Garth was divided In dis
tr3ctsy and travellers Of the Great Roman ffm,
under tho tito Of leGates or cu9n1niadnners i
l "1ID BGllt 10 GAEQ OIL E03pOWG GI4d 20
grnnt (for sufficient consideration III money
| tho most Anpio iudulGencce.
In The pEoa-lst OF the pApA otAos was
stated the price for each sin. II had been Il
rcady Issued BY Innocent tho Eighth Q4sA
1892, and contained 10 forty-two chapters dvo
hundred lteHfH, of which VIC will give only a
few specimens. Wilfrl murder committed By
I priest WIS TO be forgiven for two gold gild-
] eIa and eight groechcrs; the murder OF fathe,
mother, sister, OF brother costs only one glider
4
wanted to be forgiven for hia hcrcsy, be had
to pay fourteen Gldors eight eroechens; and
MASS In an c1cournunicated city cost forty
Gilders. For the payment of tuelre ducats,
usiests ware permitted to indulge in tbs rnoet
| unnatural vices ard sins. tbs most revolhnG
pat Of the ta1 lit Is, no~eTcr, its conclusion
The poor cannot pzrtAke in such ErAcee, for
they have no money, and must thcrefore dis
| pense With such comfort"
Leo the Tenth found 1t convenient to rent
this indulgence privilege for \ certain sun.
Marpaye Abrecht, Of haudebourg. who was
Archhtshop of MAgdeb1rg, and Mshop Of Hal,
Se1ptAdt, and Also Archbiahop Of MAysnce, and
CARDINAL rented the indulgence business IN
como countries, and gave Ms agents veg
poanesa,hke instructions, which kre highly
euno1a. but too long to b quoted. Whosoevel
.susht ~ indulgence certi6cata from one ot
done On .hseh Indulgence dcrsnded. within
TIC Whola Christian world, ute4he1 he rrranf.
Cd ;a 81 h's saus or not, md thoush he did nct
Many people bought inaalsenea so, ssxAr.,
hnndred EeAro thongh hfe lss.a on the syera-.
not refeuty bat the sea1s ia nursasnrv =. -,
. counted, AID a.. sccotatng to tho ps;es.s 80
J soul had to rcmstn for certaia slns = ~, !,
: plumber Of sea1s In puBatotr, IN e1nort IN
ner might easily want Indulgence for = IN
hundred yra1a. Nhnoerer desired, md coni;
afford. to enter directly after death into n.rs
, I disc, had to buy indulgence for good ronn;
! number Of years, But ~hoeoeve4 kI..cl = ~
7 ic, and paid for the hes, reccived indnlrrnc
: for eevera1 years, according to The holince, q
The relic archbishop AfbFeehs rosscs.edsps
treasure Of relics, that their INDULGENCE pov
cst were ca1culated At :" thirt ty-nIne thonsanc
I two hundred thousand, five hundred and fors
| thoufand one hundred and twenty years, t~
!, hundred and twenty dzre."
4 r1thtr lucrative sonroc OF revenue to t5
| Apostolic BcA ?" wese tho " anhssea, !" that i
Tho Income Of The firat year, which every ne,
ls-srpointed Rshop had to pay the Pore. tn
income can tt averaged 1t nearly tro thousan
: ponnds YEN, and a. st least tso thonsan
, iashopd paid snbatcs to the rdTes, the whol
sum atnurnta to about twentJ-foQr millions
: The nsny tircnestions. which could on