atory]. [7]

28. It is certain that when the penny jingles into the money-box,
gain and avarice can be increased, but the result of the
intercession of the Church is in the power of God alone.

29. Who knows whether all the souls in purgatory wish to be
bought out of it, as in the legend of Sts. Severinus and
Paschal.[8]

30. No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less
that he has attained full remission.

31. Rare as is the man that is truly penitent, so rare is also
the man who truly buys indulgences, i. e., such men are most rare.

32. They will be condemned eternally, together with their
teachers, who believe themselves sure of their salvation because
they have letters of pardon.[9]

33. Men must be on their guard against those who say that the
pope's pardons are that inestimable gift of God by which man is
reconciled to Him;

34. For these "graces of pardon" concern only the penalties of
sacramental satisfaction, and these are appointed by man.[10]

35. They preach no Christian doctrine who teach that contrition
is not necessary in those who intend to buy souls out of
purgatory or to buy _confessionalia_.[11]

36. Every truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission
of penalty and guilt, even without letters of pardon.

37. Every true Christian, whether living or dead, has part in all
the blessings of Christ and the Church; and this is granted him
by God, even without letters of pardon.

38. Nevertheless, the remission and participation [in the
blessings of the Church] which are granted by the pope are in no
way to be despised, for they are, as I have said,[12] the
declaration of divine remission.

39. It is most difficult, even for the very keenest theologians,
at one and the same time to commend to the people the abundance
of pardons and [the need of] true contrition.

40. True contrition seeks and loves penalties, but liberal
pardons only relax penalties and cause them to be hated, or at
least, furnish an occasion [for hating them].

41. Apostolic[13] pardons are to be preached with caution, lest
the people may falsely think them preferable to other good works
of love.

42. Christians are to be taught that the pope does not intend the
buying of pardons to be compared in any way to works of mercy.

43. Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor or
lends to the needy does a better work than buying pardons;

44. Because love grows by works of love, an