Catechesis: Monastic Vows

We hold that legitimate vows should be kept. However, we are discussing different questions: Can these services merit the forgiveness of sins and justification? Are they satisfactions for sins? Are they equal to Baptism? Are they obedience to basic rules and counsels? Are they evangelical perfection? Do they have the merits of superabundance? Do these merits, when applied to others, ave them? Are vows made with these beliefs legitimate?—Ap XXVII:9