  Black hole (BH) masses that have been measured by reverberation mapping in
active galaxies fall significantly below the correlation between bulge
luminosity and BH mass determined from spatially resolved kinematics of nearby
normal galaxies. This discrepancy has created concern that one or both
techniques suffer from systematic errors. We show that BH masses from
reverberation mapping are consistent with the recently discovered relationship
between BH mass and galaxy velocity dispersion. Therefore the bulge
luminosities are the probable source of the disagreement, not problems with
either method of mass measurement. This result underscores the utility of the
BH mass -- velocity dispersion relationship. Reverberation mapping can now be
applied with increased confidence to galaxies whose active nuclei are too
bright or whose distances are too large for BH searches based on spatially
resolved kinematics.
