e minister declares Cornelius absolved without the preliminary of
confession or contrition, while even, according to D'Aubigne, the
inflexible Pope insisted on the necessity of "repentance of the heart and
confession of the lips" before the donor's offering could avail him to
salvation.

John Tetzel, a Dominican monk, who had been appointed the chief preacher
to announce the Indulgence in Germany, was accused by Luther of exceeding
his powers by making them subservient to his own private ends. Tetzel's
conduct was disavowed and condemned by the representative of the Holy See.
The Council of Trent, held some time after, took effectual measures to put
a stop to all irregularities regarding Indulgences and issued the
following decree: "Wishing to correct and amend the abuses which have
crept into them, and on occasion of which this signal name of Indulgences
is blasphemed by heretics, the Holy Synod enjoins in general, by the
present decree, that all wicked traffic for obtaining them, which has been
the fruitful source of many abuses among the Christian people, should be
wholly abolished."(482)

Chapter XXVIII.

EXTREME UNCTION.

Extreme Unction is a Sacrament in which the sick, by the anointing with
holy oil and the prayers of the Priests, receive spiritual succor and even
corporal strength when such is conducive to their salvation. This unction
is called _Extreme_, because it is usually the last of the holy unctions
administered by the Church.

The Apostle St. James clearly refers to this Sacrament and points out its
efficacy in the following words: "Is any man sick among you; let him bring
in the Priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him
with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith shall save the
sick man; and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he be in sins, they
shall be forgiven him."(483)

Several of the ancient Fathers allude to this Sacrament. Origen (third
century) writes: "There is also a remission of sins through penitence,
when the sinner ... is not ashamed to declare his sin to the Priest of the
Lord, and to seek a remedy ... wherein that also is fulfilled which the
Apostle James saith: '_But if any be sick among you, let him call in the
Priests of the Church, and let them impose hands on him, anointing him
with oil in the name of the Lord_.' "(484)

St. Chrysostom (fourth century) says: "Not only when they (the Priests)
reg