This remission may be either total (plenary) or partial, according to the terms of the Indulgence.
The first definite instance of a plenary Indulgence is that of Urban II.
They remained severely orthodox in the doctrines of the Fathers - the Trinity, the Incarnation, the plenary inspiration of the Bible - and they condemned those who rejected their teachings to a hell whose fires they were not tempted to extenuate.
Thus each province or body of bishops under a metropolitan holds provincial councils, while at greater intervals a plenary or national council is held.
During its continuance plenary indulgence is obtainable by all the faithful, on condition of their penitently confessing their sins and visiting certain churches a stated number of times, or doing an equivalent amount of meritorious work.