` :::I totally agree with the above commenter. The entire first half of this article is way too dense and full of complex terms. I had to wade through it and re-read it several times before I could understand what exactly it was trying to say, and I wasn't even sure I got it right then. The intro to an article ought to summarize the topic in clear language that normal people can understand. I also was inclined to fix it myself, but found myself not entirely sure what the paragraph actually SAID! That doesn't seem like a desirable state of things on a wikipedia article. If you want to give the ``official church definition, in all of its obfuscating glory, fine, but it should be accompanied by a statement that ``in plain terms, this means...``.  ::::I appreciate the effort to make this article clearer, and I support changes which will bring about that goal. But we need to work carefully and not misrepresent the topic. ``time otherwise spent in prayer, good works, and other penance`` is only part of the picture. The addition did not mention Purgatory at all. ``showing contrition`` for sin happens in the Confessional too, so that needs to be clarified. Indulgences can be gained without making a sacramental Confession, these are partial indulgences. No mention is made of applying the indulgence to souls in Purgatory - this is a fault in the whole article, not merely in the proposed addition. Indulgences were never sold, this is a myth that is debunked in the article itself, yet it found its way into the proposed addition. I suggest that rather than making unsourced additions, we consult sources such as primer on indulgences and myths about indulgences and CUF - Indulgences and the sources already in the article, and see what we can build from there.   `