We are evaluating old indulgences that have been approve on todays date of:
January 2
List of Traditional materials we will be looking at today, and the current/withstanding grants that they satisfy (directly or indirectly).
114. THE LITANY OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS
partial indulgence… Grant 22
118. Devout Practices - IN HONOR OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS
potential partial indulgence… General Grant 2, 3, or 4
590. Devout Exercises - FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED.
plenary indulgence… Grant 29
NOTE:
All grants will be listed, in full, at the bottom half of this article.
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.
The full written outline of the requirements for a partial or plenary indulgence, found at the end of an indulgence prayer/practice, may be omitted if not all of the information is unique or notable. (You will see three dots when there is a break in text …)
CHAPTER III. ‘GOD THE SON’ – Art. II. ‘IN HONOR OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS’ – II. ‘Litany’
114. THE LITANY OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS … (Due to the length of litanies, this litany will have an external link, found below)... An indulgence of 7 years. A plenary indulgence once a month on the usual conditions, for the daily and devout recitation of this litany (S. C. Ind., Jan. 16,1886; S. P. Ap., Jan. 2, 1933)
This litany can be found printed, not only in the traditional book: the ‘Raccolta’, but also in the current book: ‘Manuel of Indulgences’ (find "NOVENAS, LITANIES, AND THE LITTLE OFFICES" in the table of contents). If you do follow this link, you will see that this litany is granted a partial indulgence under Grant 22. This grant states that litanies must be “approved”, and this one is.
The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who devoutly recite approved litanies (e.g., of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and of the Saints);
CHAPTER III. ‘GOD THE SON’ – Art. II. ‘IN HONOR OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS’ – IV. Devout Practices
118. The faith who, during the month of January, preform some special act of devotion in honor of the holy name of Jesus are granted: An indulgence of 7 years once on any day of the month; A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this act of devotion is repeated daily for the entire month (Apostolic Brief, Dec. 21, 1901; S. P. Ap., Jan. 2, 1933).
When it comes to traditional ‘Exercises’ and ‘Practices,’ many of them do not carried over “as is,” shall we say. Another way of putting it is this: There are not indulgences given under the title ‘Practices that Honor the Holy name of Jesus.’
There is, however, a way to cary the essence of this indulgence into other indulgence categories that are up to date.
The categories I would like to mention in particular are the General-Grants 2, 3, and 4.
These General-Grants state:
G2) A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who led by the spirit of faith, give compassionately of themselves or of their goods to serve their brothers in need.
G3)A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in a spirit of penance, voluntarily abstain from something that is licit for and pleasing to them.
G4) 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.
Alms giving, and other types of giving may be considered an act of devotion. Abstaining may be considered an act of devotion. And lastly, you guessed it, witnessing one’s faith before others may be considered an act of devotion. Therefore, if you would like to personally link up 1) a habit of giving, 2) a period of abstinence, or 3) preforming an action of faith before another – with the sentiment of devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus - in the month of January, then this could be seen as a way to participate in the traditional grant # 118 which also satisfies current indulgence requirements.
CHAPTER VIII. ‘FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED’ – IV. ‘Devout Exercises’
590. The faithful, as often as they visit a church or public oratory, or even a semi-pubic oratory (if they may lawfully use the same), in order to pray for the dead on the day on which the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed is celebrated or on the Sunday immediately following, may gain: A plenary indulgence applicable only to the souls detained in purgatory, on condition of confession and Communion, and the recitation six times during each visit of Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be for the intentions of the Sovereign Pontif (S. C. of the Holy Office, June 25, 1914 and Dec. 14, 1916; S. P. Ap., July 5, 1930 and Jan. 2, 1939).
This particular ‘Devout Exercise’ has been approved in this present day, for the opportunity of a plenary indulgence. This can be found under Grant 29, and the wording of this indulgence has been simplified. For example, this whole traditional grant has been simplified to a single sentence, and the prayers mentioned here have been reduced to a single recitation of an Our Father and a Creed.
The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to the faithful who, on All Souls’ Day (or, according to the judgment of the ordinary, on the Sunday preceding or following it, or on the solemnity of All Saints), devoutly visit a church or an oratory and recite an Our Father and the Creed.
This concluded 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 it’s 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.
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