Is it true there are papal bulls other than the Taxa that promoted the buying and selling of indulgences for the forgiveness of sins?
First of all, the indulgence issue has nothing to do with the Taxa Camarae. Our investigation deals with the authenticity of a given document that alleges the pontiff sold the forgiveness of sins. Indulgences do not deal with the forgiveness of sins. Whoever insists in confusing these two issues does not deserve any credit in this field, given the lack of good faith. Second, the confusion between forgiveness of sins through the Sacrament of Penance- and indulgences is one of the popular ways to create confusion. Regarding the doctrine, teaching, proper use and abuse of indulgences, the reader can see the studies recommended in another section of this work. The Taxa allegedly would sell the forgiveness of sins; indulgences presuppose that the sin has already been forgiven and apply neither to the guilt nor to the forgiveness of the guilt. Therefore were dealing with two totally different things. Finally, the investigative team does not accept statements such as there are many other papa
