Can the Church remit the temporal punishment still owed for forgiven sins?
a passage states it a passage rules it out
Common ground
These are affirmed by more than one position, so a passage saying only this counts for none of them.
- Bishops may shorten or relax church penances they imposed (a church discipline, not punishment before God)
- Martyrs' and confessors' intercession for the lapsed
- Penance and satisfaction after baptism as church discipline
Indulgences
Catholicthe power of conferring Indulgences was granted by Christ to the Church; and she has, even in the most ancient times, used the said powerCouncil of Trent, Session 25, Decree concerning Indulgences (1563)
What sets it apart: The passage says the Church (a bishop, or martyrs' intercession accepted by the Church) remits punishment owed before God, not only a church penalty.
Formally defined: Clement VI, Unigenitus (1343); Council of Trent, Session 25 (1563)
No early passage in the library states it yet.
No such power
Lutheran Reformed Anglican BaptistThe Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping, and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly inventedThirty-Nine Articles, Article XXII (1571)
What sets it apart: The passage says God's forgiveness leaves no remaining punishment, or that no church authority can lessen it.
Formally defined: Thirty-Nine Articles XXII (1563/1571)
No early passage in the library states it yet.
Every deciding passage, earliest first
- No early passage decides between these positions yet.