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IX. That the reception of the sacrament of repentance ex opere operato, without a good disposition on the part of the one using it, i.e., without faith in Christ, obtains grace. X. That by the power of the keys our souls are freed from purgatory through indulgences

Philipp Melanchthon - Apology of the Augsburg Confession