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Penitential - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A penitential is a book or set of church rules concerning the Christian sacrament of penance, a "new manner of reconciliation with God" that was first developed by Celtic monks in Ireland in the six...
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PENITENTIALS O; principles, the masculine and the femi-nine, and balances one against the other. Every exclusively masculine figure is lack-ing in grace, every exclusively feminine one is lacking in strength." The women in;
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Enter the Penitentials. Monks began writing down and codifying regulations on sex from the sixth century onward. If you broke the rules set forth in the Penitentials, you had to confess your sin to your priest and he'd prescribe the proper penance, which might involve fasting, fines, or sexual abstinence.
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BoingBoing reader Drew says, ... In his book "Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe," James Brundage creates a truly fantastic flow chart explaining when one can and (mostly) cannot engage in the physical act of love. ... At the time, a lot of Christian theology basically took the form of lists of things one wasn...
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Penitential Psalms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Penitential Psalms or Psalms of Confession is a name designation dating from the sixth century A.D. (Cassiodorus's commentary, and possibly earlier) given to Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, an...
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Rules laid down by councils or bishops concerning the penances to be done for various sins. ... Rules laid down by councils or bishops concerning the penances to be done for various sins. These canons, collected, adapted to later practice, and completed by suitable directions formed the nucleus of ... In the East,
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