Extensio Declarationis Ab Alexandro Vii Circa Altaria Privilegiata Perpetua Editae Ad Altaria

by Pope Clement Ix

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Folio Broadside. 1 vols. 17-1/2 x 11 inches. Woodcut device at head of broadside. Slight horizontal crease, otherwise fine, handsome. Item #212888 Extending the reforms of his predecessor Alexander VII concerning the privileged altar , plenary indulgences, and the peformance id the Requiem Mass. A privileged altar, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia is one to which the Pope has attached a plenary indulgence applicable only to the souls in

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