Inscription on the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome: Indulgentia plenaria perpetua quotidiana toties quoties pro vivis et defunctis (English: "Perpetual everyday plenary indulgence on every occasion for the living and the dead") Apostolic Benediction and Plenary Indulgence Parchment. In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (Latin: indulgentia, from indulgeo, 'permit') is ...