[7] Rom. iii. 25, 26.[10] Counc. Trent, Sess. xiv. cap. 9. The following extracts are added, in order to show that the Decree quoted in the text is by no means an isolated passage. “The punishment of penance undertaken by us averts God’s anger, and the punishments decreed against us.”—Cat. Pars ii. 99.

Works of penance are “compensations for past guilt, and redeemers of sin.”—Ibid. 104.

Of the mass it is said, that in it “Christians merit the fruit of his passion, and satisfy for sin.”—Ibid. 79.[11] Cat. Pars ii. 29.[12] Art XI.[13a] Council Trent, Sess. vi. Can. 11.[13b] Cat. pars ii. 100.[13c] Counc., Sess. xiv. Can. 14.[15a] Sess. vi. Can. 30.[15b] Cat. pars ii. 98.[17] Sermon on Justification.[19] Acts xiii. 33.[20a] Council xxii. 2.[20b] Catechism, Pars ii. 83.