Acts of the Theological Virtues
The New Raccolta, 1903, no. 1Source and notes
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| Printed in | THE NEW RACCOLTA, OR, COLLECTION OF PRAYERS AND GOOD WORKS. TO WHICH THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFFS HAVE ATTACHED HOLY INDULGENCES. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING PRAYERS FOR MASS, AND VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS. |
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| Imprint | PHILADELPHIA, PETER F. CUNNINGHAM & SON, 1903 |
| Number | 1 |
| Pages | pp. 43–44 |
| Scan | leaf 52, leaf 53 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | FROM THE THIRD ITALIAN EDITION AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY THE SACRED CONGREGATION OF HOLY INDULGENCES. Imprimatur: ✠ JACOBUS, CARD. GIBBONS, ARCHIEP. BALTIMORENSIS. BALTIMORE, July 20, 1887. Imprimatur: ✠ PATRICK JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 1900. Moreover, Our Holy Father, Leo XIII., by virtue of his apostolic authority, has approved this Collection issued from the press of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, and, therefore, it must be regarded by all as the correct and authorized collection of indulgences hitherto granted for all the faithful and for such as are in communities specially designated. Wherefore, if by chance any doubt should arise either as to sense of the grant or the conditions requisite for gaining the indulgences, it must be determined solely by this Raccolta which His Holiness has directed to be considered the complete guide. On this account he has ordered the present decree to be prepared and prefixed to the present edition. Given at Rome, at the office of the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics, on the 23d day of July, 1898. FR. H. M. CARD. GOTTI, Prefect. L. ✠ S. † A. SABATUCCI, Archiep. Antinoen. Secretary. The Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics has approved of, as authentic, and permitted to be printed and published, this English translation of the Italian Raccolta, a book containing various prayers and pious exercises, to which the Roman Pontiffs have attached indulgences. This approbation was given after the work had been duly examined by two professors of theology of Woodstock College, who testified that they found this translation to be entirely faithful and in full accord with the Italian original, published in the year 1886 by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. Given at Rome, at the Office of the Secretary of this same Sacred Congregation, April 28, 1887. FR. THOMAS MARIA CARD. ZIGLIARA, Prefect. [L. ✠ S.] ALEXANDER, BISHOP OENSIS, Secretary. DECRETUM ANNI 1886. |
| Indulgence | The Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict XIV., considering that it is not only useful, but also truly necessary, for eternal salvation to make frequent acts of the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, in order to excite the faithful to make these acts, granted, by a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Jan. 28, 1756, confirming the grant already made by Benedict XIII., Jan. 15, 1728: A PLENARY INDULGENCE, once a month, to all those who shall, daily, devoutly say, and, at the same time, make with their heart these acts. This indulgence may be gained on any day, when, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall pray for peace and union among Christian princes, for the extirpation of heresy, and for the triumph of holy Church. He granted in like manner : A PLENARY INDULGENCE at the hour of death. Finally, to excite the faithful to a very frequent use of these acts, he extended the INDULGENCE OF SEVEN YEARS AND SEVEN QUARANTINES (which, by the grant of his predecessor, could be gained only once a day) to every time that these acts are said with heartfelt devotion. The same Sovereign Pontiff further declared that, to gain these indulgences, it is not necessary to make use of any set form of words, but that any one may use any form of words which he pleases, provided it expresses the particular motive of each of the three theological virtues. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- faith, trust in God, love of God, love of neighbour
The Bedford Master, Pentecost, book of hours, about 1420. Cleveland Museum of Art.
ALMIGHTY GOD.
1.
ACTS OF THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES.
ACT OF FAITH.
I most firmly believe, because God, who is the infallible truth, hath so revealed to the holy Catholic Church, and through the Church to us, that there is one only God in three divine persons, equal and distinct, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; that the Son became man by taking to himself flesh and a human soul through the operation of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the most pure Virgin Mary; that he died for us upon the cross, rose again, ascended into heaven, and from thence shall come again, at the end of the world, to judge all the living and the dead, to give paradise forever to the good, and hell to the wicked; moreover, for the same motive, I believe all that the same holy Church believes and teaches.
ACT OF HOPE.
My God, because thou art almighty, infinitely good and merciful, I hope that, by the merits of the passion and death of Jesus Christ, our Saviour, thou wilt grant me eternal life, which thou, most faithful, hast promised to all those who shall do the works of a good Christian, as I purpose to do by thy holy help.
ACT OF CHARITY.
My God, because thou art the highest and most perfect good, I love thee with my whole heart, and above all things; and, rather than offend thee, I am ready to lose all things else; and for thy love I love and desire to love my neighbor as myself.
The Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict XIV., considering that it is not only useful, but also truly necessary, for eternal salvation to make frequent acts of the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, in order to excite the faithful to make these acts, granted, by a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Jan. 28, 1756, confirming the grant already made by Benedict XIII., Jan. 15, 1728:
A PLENARY INDULGENCE, once a month, to all those who shall, daily, devoutly say, and, at the same time, make with their heart these acts. This indulgence may be gained on any day, when, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall pray for peace and union among Christian princes, for the extirpation of heresy, and for the triumph of holy Church.
He granted in like manner:
A PLENARY INDULGENCE at the hour of death. Finally, to excite the faithful to a very frequent use of these acts, he extended the
INDULGENCE OF SEVEN YEARS AND SEVEN QUARANTINES (which, by the grant of his predecessor, could be gained only once a day) to every time that these acts are said with heartfelt devotion.
The same Sovereign Pontiff further declared that, to gain these indulgences, it is not necessary to make use of any set form of words, but that any one may use any form of words which he pleases, provided it expresses the particular motive of each of the three theological virtues.