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guilt with a to-do list, where suffering becomes a receipt for the soul.
medieval pricesins had set rates, like a sin menu
flagellantscrowds whipped themselves publicly during plague years
indulgencesbuying out of penance funded St. Peter's Basilica
word rootfrom Latin poena, meaning punishment or pain
sacrament statusCatholicism ranks it among seven holy rites