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On Good Friday there is a penitential service "ad Nonam pro indulgentia", which consists largely of preces interspersed with cries of various cases of the word "indulgentia" many times repeated, and contains passages similar to the Improperia of the Roman Rite, as well as lections, including the Passion according to St. Matthew.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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“As we have,” he said, “in the course of this our toilsome journey, lost our meridian, 47 indulgence shall be given to those of our attendants who shall, from very weariness, be unable to attend the duty at prime, 48 and this by way of misericord or indulgentia.”
The Monastery 2008
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The Englishman quits this life proudly and disdainfully when the whim takes him, but the Roman must have an indulgentia in articulo mortis; he can neither live nor die.
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* [6810] Quamvis speciali cura atque indulgentia Dei, populum Israelitcum constat electum, omnesque alias nationes suas vias ingredi, hoc est, secundum propriam permissæ sunt vivere voluntatem, non ita tamen se æterna Creatoris bonitas ab cationibus admoneret
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965
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* [3186] Quamvis speciali cura atque indulgentia Dei, populum Israelitcum constat electum, omnesque alias nationes suas vias ingredi, hoc est, secundum propriam permissæ sunt vivere voluntatem, non ita tamen se æterna Creatoris bonitas ab cationibus admoneret
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965
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_ 3, 'Ut primum me, domine, indulgentia _vestra_ promovit ad praefecturam aerarii Saturni.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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_ 19, 2, 'Illa pro quaestura mea gratiam suam extendit, et quae ne sermonis quidem aut clarae salutationis sustinuit audaciam, pro me vicit indulgentia verecundiam.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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The word indulgence (Lat. indulgentia, from indulgeo, to be kind or tender) originally meant kindness or favor; in post-classic Latin it came to mean the remission of a tax or debt.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Leo the Great (450) does not hesitate to assert that pardon is impossible without the prayer of the priest ( "ut indulgentia nisi supplicationibus sacerdotum nequeat obtineri").
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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He left several works in manuscript, among which may be mentioned "In Quatuor Libros Sententiarum", "Quæstiones de indulgentia Portiunculæe" and "Quæstiones de sanguine Christi".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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