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* [[Roman Catholicism: Penance and Reconciliation|Penance and Reconciliation]] ===[[Roman Catholicism: Penance and Reconciliation|Penance and Reconciliation]]===

* [[Purgatory]], [[Indulgences]], [[Penance]], [[Roman Catholicism: Confession|Confession]] ...s and reject the existance of different classes of sin and the notion of [[penance]] and [[purgatory]].

* [[Penance]]

...allenged the teachings of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] on the nature of [[penance]], the authority of the [[pope]] and the usefulness of [[indulgence]]s. It

...e is no obligation to confess venial sins, which can be remitted through [[penance]], attending [[mass]] and [[purgatory]]. ...ey are not punishable by death and that they can remitted by a few acts of penance and the like. “The wages of sin is death” ([[Romans 6:23]]).

...that he does not persist in sin; which is another subject entirely (see [[Penance]])). It is not a memorial washing. Nor is it ever mentioned that it is a pu

...to obey the commandments, participate in the sacraments, go to church, do penance and give alms, recite prayers and so on, in order to merit salvation. In it ...race and eternal life by your works. You must pay the debt of sins by your penance and your purgatorial sufferings. That is Rome's salvation by works!

...ust have already made a sincere confession. The most common indulgence is penance, where a priest gives a person an assignment after he confesses (for exampl

...the payment for my sin was the precious blood he shed and not my work and penance. Certainly that's why God wants me to believe in him. ...s works, grace plus merit, Christ plus the church, baptismal regeneration, penance, masses, the rosary, indulgences, Mary, the pains of Purgatory, and so on.

...s" could return to the church on the condition that they performed acts of penance. There was great debate about whether baptism needed to be performed again

...century had taught that Christians could merit forgiveness of sins through penance or giving money to the Church. Through this the Christian could avoid some

...testants characterized the Roman Catholic concept of meritorious works, of penance and indulgences, masses for the dead, the treasury of the merits of saints

...could be attained by faith combined good works, and that the sacrament of penance must be carried out to completely forgive a man for sin. This would be a fi ...ft, and whatever else is opposed to Christ and His command; for these sins penance was quickly done and forgiveness given. But when someone touched one of the