The Enchiridion Of Indulgences - St. Patrick's Basilica

The Enchiridion Of Indulgences
17. If a feast or its external solemnity is legitimately transferred, it is understood that an
indulgence, attached to the feast, is transferred to the same day. 17
18. A visit to a church or oratory, if required to gain an indulgence attached to a certain day,
can be made from noon of the preceding day to midnight at the close of the day itself. 18
19. The faithful, who devoutly use an article of devotion (crucifix or cross, rosary, scapular or
medal) properly blessed by any priest, obtain a partial indulgence. 19
But if the article of devotion has been blessed by the Sovereign Pontiff or by any Bishop, the
faithful, using it devoutly, can also gain a plenary indulgence on the feast of the Holy
Apostles, Peter and Paul, provided they also make a profession of faith according to any
legitimate formula.
20. § 1. Indulgences attached to a visit to a church do not cease if the church is totally
destroyed, provided the church is rebuilt within fifty years in the same or almost the same
place and under the same title.
§ 2. An indulgence attached to the use of an article of devotion only ceases, when the article is
completely destroyed or is sold. 20
21. Holy Mother Church, extremely solicitous for the faithful departed, has decided to apply
suffrages to them as abundantly as possible in every Sacrifice of the Mass, abolishing every
particular privilege in this regard. 21
22. § 1. To be capable of gaining an indulgence for oneself, it is required that one be baptized,
not excommunicated, in the state of grace at least at the completion of the prescribed works,
and a subject of the one granting the indulgence.
§ 2. In order that one who is capable may actually gain indulgences, one must have at least a
general intention to gain them and must in accordance with the tenor of the grant perform the
enjoined works at the time and in the manner prescribed. 22
23. Unless the tenor of the grant clearly indicates otherwise, indulgences granted by a Bishop
can be gained by his subjects even outside his territory and by others within his territory who
are exempt or who have or do not have a domicile elsewhere. 23
24. § 1. A plenary indulgence can be acquired once only in the course of a day.
17 See can. 922 of Code of Canon Law; see also Code of Rubrics, nn. 356-359: A.A.S., 52 (1960), p. 657.
18 See can. 923 of Code of Canon Law.
19 N. 17 of The Doctrine of Indulgences.
20 See can. 924 of Code of Canon Law.
21 N. 20 of The Doctrine of Indulgences.
22 See can. 925 of Code of Canon Law; see can. 2262.
23 See can. 927 of Code of Canon Law.
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