August 5 - Traditional Indulgence of the day!

We are evaluating old indulgences that have been approve on todays date of: 

August

5

List of Traditional materials we will be looking at today, and the current/withstanding grants that they satisfy (directly or indirectly).

• 697. A CHRISTIAN GREETING (a, b, and c)

  • partial indulgence… General Grant 4

• 763. An Act of Consecration - Under thy patronage, dear Mother

  • partial indulgence… Grant 17

NOTE:

• Every prayer may be eligible for a partial indulgence, if applied correctly, under Grant 15.

• Every invocation may be eligible for a partial indulgence, if applied correctly, under ‘General Grant ’ 1 

• Every practice may be eligible for a partial indulgence, if it is applied correctly, under one of the ‘General Grant’s 2, 3, or 4

• Some spelling errors may be present.

• Abbreviations that are found at the end of an indulgence prayer/practice (like S. P. Ap., and S. C. Ind.,) are, in essence, a specific ecclesiastical approval for a particular indulgence.

• Traditional indulgences are ordered by their last date of approval.

CHAPTER IX. “FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS” – Art. VII. “MISCELLANEOUS DEVOTIONS” – XXXI. A CHRISTIAN GREETING

697. a) V. Praised be Jesus Christ. R. Amen, or For ever.

V. Praised be Jesus and Mary. R. Today and for ever.

V. Glory be to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. R. Glory be to the immaculate Heart of Mary.

The faithful whenever they greet one another with the of the above salutations, or with one similar to these, may gain: An indulgence of 300 days; A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions once a month, if they habitually observe this devout practice(Pius X, Rescprit in his own hand, May 30, 1908, exhib. May 2, 1912; Holy Office, March 27, 1913 and June 26, 1913; S. P. Ap., Aug. 5, 1936).

Such greetings would likely fall under General Grant 4. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in the particular circumstances of daily life, voluntarily give explicit witness to their faith before others.

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CHAPTER IX. “FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS” – PART II. “IN FAVOR OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF PERSONS” – VII Prayers to be said by students

763. An Act of Consecration - Under thy patronage, dear Mother, and invoking the mystery of thine Immaculate Conception, I desire to pursue my studies and my literary labors: I hereby solemnly declare that I am devoting myself to these studies chiefly to the following end: that I may the better contribute to the glory of God and to the spread of thy veneration among men. I pray thee, therefore, most loving Mother, who art the Seat of Wisdom, to bless my labors in thy loving-kindness. Moreover I promise with true affection and a willing spirit, as it is right that I should do, to ascribe all the good that shall accrue to me therefrom, wholly to thine intercession for me in God’s holy presence. Amen. An indulgence of 300 days once a day (S. C. Ind., Nov. 18, 1882; S. P. Ap., Aug. 5, 1932).

Even though this prayer is specified for students, it does promptly address the intercession of Mary. So, this prayer is granted a partial indulgence under Grant 17, because it has been “approved” at least once. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who devoutly address the Blessed Virgin Mary with some approved prayer

This concludes the Traditional Indulgences

Every prayer/practice that we evaluated today is taken from the last approved publication of the Raccolta. The Raccolta was once the official book/document/list of approved Indulgences. In its last publication there were 780+ individualized prayers/practices that were approved for gaining indulgences.

In 1967 indulgence practices were revised so that indulgences are now, today, granted more in the style of “category” of prayers/practices rather than individually. This leaves me with the question: how do the indulgenced prayers/practices from the Raccolta (traditional indulgence) line up with the indulgences of today? That question is what this “study” seeks to answer.