"True, base wrong has been done in regard to the sale of indulgences, but at the Council of Trent opposition will be made to it.

No estimable priest holds the belief that money can atone for a sin or win the mercy of Heaven.

With us also sincere repentance or devout faith must accompany the gift, the fasting, and whatever else the believer imposes upon himself here below.

Man is so constituted that the only things which make a deep impression are those that the body also feels.

The teacher's blow has a greater effect than his words, a gift produces more willingness than an entreaty, and the tendency toward asceticism and penance is genuinely Christian, and belongs to many a people of a different faith.