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So, how do we gain an indulgence?

1. The person must be in the “State of Grace”
For a Catholic, it may be necessary to receive the
Sacrament of Reconciliation to be restored to the
State of Grace. For the non-baptized, baptism
is necessary.

2. Do the prescribed work (we must put our faith into action) with at least the general
intention of gaining the indulgence.
 There are prescribed penitential practices that go with the Indulgence
 Actions along the lines of prayer, fasting, almsgiving

There are 2 Different Types of Indulgences
1. Plenary
 Can be applied to ourselves or a soul in purgatory but not to another living person.
 Removes all of the temporal punishment accumulated up to this point
 Certain conditions required
 Can be acquired only once per day

2. Partial
 Removes part of temporal punishment
 Only God knows the partialness of the indulgence. It may be
plenary, or 90% or 50% or 20% remission.
 Can be acquired more than once a day, unless otherwise expressly indicated.
 You can combine them to gain more.

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