5 Leo X (Pope) Quotes on Theology

Leo X (Pope) quotes on theology

3. It is a heretical opinion, but a common one, that the sacraments of the New Law give pardoning grace to those who do not set up an obstacle.

4. To deny that in a child after baptism sin remains is to treat with contempt both Paul and Christ.

5. The inflammable sources of sin, even if there be no actual sin, delay a soul departing from the body from entrance into heaven.

6. To one on the point of death imperfect charity necessarily brings with it great fear, which in itself alone is enough to produce the punishment of purgatory, and impedes entrance into the kingdom.

7. That there are three parts to penance: contrition, confession, and satisfaction, has no foundation in Sacred Scripture nor in the ancient sacred Christian doctors.