THE DIGITAL AGE OF DISPENSING PAPERLESS INDULGENCES FOR THE PUNISHMENT DUE FOR SIN COMES TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE ESSENCE OF CUTTING EDGE HERESY COUPLED WITH SAVING THE TREES, BUT STILL A MATTER OF WORKS SALVATION THAT DENIES THE SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST ALONE:
INDULGENCE FOR PAYMENT SIGNED BY JOHANN TETZEL 1517
From the Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/16/vatican-indulgences-pope-francis-tweets?INTCMP=SRCH
"But a senior Vatican official warned web-surfing Catholics that indulgences still required a dose of old-fashioned faith, and that paradise was not just a few mouse clicks away.
'You can't obtain indulgences like getting a coffee from a vending machine,' Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, head of the pontifical council for social communication, told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.
Indulgences these days are granted to those who carry out certain tasks – such as climbing the Sacred Steps, in Rome (reportedly brought from Pontius Pilate's house after Jesus scaled them before his crucifixion), a feat that earns believers seven years off purgatory.
'You can't obtain indulgences like getting a coffee from a vending machine,' Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, head of the pontifical council for social communication, told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.
Indulgences these days are granted to those who carry out certain tasks – such as climbing the Sacred Steps, in Rome (reportedly brought from Pontius Pilate's house after Jesus scaled them before his crucifixion), a feat that earns believers seven years off purgatory.
But attendance at events such as the Catholic World Youth Day, in Rio de Janeiro, a week-long event starting on 22 July, can also win an indulgence.
Mindful of the faithful who cannot afford to fly to Brazil, the Vatican's sacred apostolic penitentiary, a court which handles the forgiveness of sins, has also extended the privilege to those following the "rites and pious exercises" of the event on television, radio and through social media.
Mindful of the faithful who cannot afford to fly to Brazil, the Vatican's sacred apostolic penitentiary, a court which handles the forgiveness of sins, has also extended the privilege to those following the "rites and pious exercises" of the event on television, radio and through social media.
'That includes following Twitter,' said a source at the penitentiary, referring to Pope Francis' Twitter account, which has gathered seven million followers. 'But you must be following the events live. It is not as if you can get an indulgence by chatting on the internet.'
In its decree, the penitentiary said that getting an indulgence would hinge on the beneficiary having previously confessed and being 'truly penitent and contrite'."
SCALA SANCTA IN ROME
MARTIN LUTHER ON THE SCALA SANCTA
STAIRS AT SAINT ANNE DE BEAUPRE, QUEBEC, CANADA
Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised has done an excellent report about the damnable heresy of purgatory in connection with Pope Francis offering purgatorial indulgences for following his Twitter tweets, and also for Catholics following the live broadcasts of his activities in Brazil, namely his "rites and pious exercises" while he is there for the Catholic World Youth Day (and Week).
See Ms. Benziger's report here:
http://www.donotbesurprised.com/2013/07/the-vatican-uses-social-media-to.html.
