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Any Eastern prayers with indulgences? #379632 05/06/12 05:37 AM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 98 Lorain, OH HeavenlyBlack Member
HeavenlyBlack Member Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 98 Lorain, OH	I've heard that the Akathist to Mary is one, and the Paraklisis, and maybe the morning and evening prayers (not sure there)... but are there any others? I know some here might not like the question, but I have to ask.

Re: Any Eastern prayers with indulgences? HeavenlyBlack #379633 05/06/12 05:53 AM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,208 Texas/USA S sielos ilgesys Member
sielos ilgesys Member S Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,208 Texas/USA	There ain't nothin' wrong with yr question. Altho I myself am unenthusiastic abt. indulgences, I'm not hostile to them. I actually think it's a good question. Since the teachings which support the framework of indulgences appear to be completely Latin and somewhat remote from what I understand Byzantine teachings to be, I'd find it a bit grotesque if there were many Eastern Christian prayers outfitted with indulgences. In my books, the grotesque ain't bad.

Re: Any Eastern prayers with indulgences? HeavenlyBlack #379638 05/06/12 02:24 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 569 Likes: 2 Brooklyn, NY USA E Economos Romanos V. Russo Member
Economos Romanos V. Russo Member E Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 569 Likes: 2 Brooklyn, NY USA	Don't ask! Don't tell!

Re: Any Eastern prayers with indulgences? HeavenlyBlack #379641 05/06/12 07:09 PM
Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 7,309 Likes: 3 Falls Church, VA S StuartK Member
StuartK Member S Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 7,309 Likes: 3 Falls Church, VA	In the past, some Eastern Catholic bishops offered indulgences for participation in certain services or activities, but this was a local practice.

Re: Any Eastern prayers with indulgences? HeavenlyBlack #379655 05/07/12 12:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,520 Likes: 10 The Golden State G griego catolico Member
griego catolico Member G Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,520 Likes: 10 The Golden State	Originally Posted by HeavenlyBlack I've heard that the Akathist to Mary is one, and the Paraklisis, and maybe the morning and evening prayers (not sure there)... but are there any others? I know some here might not like the question, but I have to ask. HeavenlyBlack, Section 23 (pages 82-92) of the Manual of Indulgences [usccbpublishing.org] contains the following prayers which carry an indulgence: Byzantine: The Akathist Evening Prayer (not to be confused with Vespers) Prayer for the Deceased Armenian: A Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Church Chaldean: Prayer of the Sanctuary The Prayer "Lakhu Mara" (To You, O Lord) Coptic: Prayer of Incense Singing the Praises of Mary Ethiopian: Prayers for the Forgiveness of Sins A Prayer to be a Disciple of Christ Maronite: A Prayer for the Church A Prayer of Farewell After the Liturgy, Before Leaving the Church Syro-Antiochian: Intercession for the Deceased from Liturgy of Saint James

Re: Any Eastern prayers with indulgences? StuartK #379656 05/07/12 01:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,520 Likes: 10 The Golden State G griego catolico Member
griego catolico Member G Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,520 Likes: 10 The Golden State	Originally Posted by StuartK In the past, some Eastern Catholic bishops offered indulgences for participation in certain services or activities, but this was a local practice. Yes, especially during the Jubilee Year of 2000 when every EC cathedral was declared a place of pilgrimage. Norm #9 of the Norms on Indulgences as found in the Manual of Indulgences states the following: Quote 1. Patriarchs can grant the following in every place,even those exempt, of their own patriarchates; in churches of their rite outside the boundaries of their patriarchate; as well as to the faithful of their rite everywhere: 1. a partial indulgence 2. the Papal Blessing with the plenary indulgence three times a yesr according to ordinary law and whenever a plenary indulgence is warranted for the good of the faithful because of a particular religious circumstance or reason. 2. Major archbishops have the same faculty. Norm #7 states that eparchial bishops have faculties to grant partial indulgences to the faithful within their eparchy or belonging to their jurisdiction living outside the eparchy as well as granting the Papal Blessing with a plenary indulgence (given at the end of a liturgy) three times each year on solemn feasts.

Re: Any Eastern prayers with indulgences? HeavenlyBlack #379659 05/07/12 01:25 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 149 Dallas (McKinney), TX D Dave in McKinney Member
Dave in McKinney Member D Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 149 Dallas (McKinney), TX	Indulgences sound all so... juridical and legalistic. I think I would need a spreadsheet to keep up with the accounting on them... Most Roman Catholics couldn't explain them.

Re: Any Eastern prayers with indulgences? Dave in McKinney #379676 05/07/12 04:15 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 98 Lorain, OH HeavenlyBlack Member
HeavenlyBlack Member Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 98 Lorain, OH	I think, from the Catechism and the Enchiridion, that indulgences (at least partial ones) grant graces that double the normal purifying value of said good work. I understand a lot of people still connect them to debt, but the idea is that the "debt" is tied to our level of sickness.

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