Roman Catholic AnswerNo instruments were ever used to inflict pain as a penance in the early Church or today.
They are the same as the entire Catholic Church: Baptism Confirmation Penance (Reconciliation) Eucharist Matrimony Holy Orders Anointing of the Sick
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Church never sold anything to replace penance. There were some abuses connected with indulgences issued for donations to help repair St. Peter's in Rome, in the sixteenth century, and the indulgences replaced penance, but the Church has never offered them for sale, and due to the abuses, indulgences are now never offered for alms.
F.-D Joret has written: 'The Eucharist and the confessional' -- subject(s): Lord's Supper, Penance, Catholic Church 'Aux sources de l'eau vive' -- subject(s): Lord's Supper, Penance, Catholic Church
The main liturgical service of the Church is the Holy Mass: the Eucharist, which is celebrated daily by every priest in the Catholic Church, sometimes twice or (with special permission) even three times on a Sunday, if necessary. The second most frequently celebrated sacrament would be the sacrament of confession or penance.
To be considered Catholic by the Church, you must be baptized in the Catholic Church, or else properly baptized in another church and formally received into the Catholic Church by a priest. Being born to Catholic parents isn't enough. You can be the Pope's nephew, but if you haven't been baptized, you are not Catholic.
Reconciliation, the act or state of re-establishing friendship between God and a human being, or between two persons. In the Catholic Church it most often refers to the sacrament of Confession, otherwise known as Penance or Reconciliation.
Franz Hunolt has written: 'Short sermons for all the Sundays of the year' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, English Sermons, German Sermons, Sermons, Translations into English 'Sermons on penance' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Confession, German Sermons, Penance, Sermons, Translations into English
Ambroise Guillois has written: 'The history of confession' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Discipline, Penance
Assuming that you are referring to the Seven Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and Anointing.
Yes it does. If you are not Catholic or are going to a different church, you should unregister yourself from that Church and register yourself at the one you are going to.
The Roman Catholic Church has always had its Capital in Rome.