- 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...
- The
Penitential Psalms or
Psalms of Confession, so
named in C****iodorus's
commentary of the 6th
century AD, are the
Psalms 6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, and...
- The
Penitential Act (capitalized in the
Roman Missal) is a
Christian form of
general confession of
sinfulness that
normally takes place at the beginning...
- The
Penitential of
Finnian is a sixth-century
penitential believed to have been
written by
either Finnian of
Clonard or
Finnian of Movilla. It contains...
- The
Ermenfrid Penitential is an
ordinance composed by the
Bishops of
Normandy following the
Battle of
Hastings (1066)
calling for
atonement to be completed...
-
Penitential canons are
religious rules laid down by
councils or
bishops concerning the
penances to be done for
various sins.
These canons, collected,...
- The
Penitential of ****mean is an
Irish penitential,
presumably composed c. 650 by an
Irish monk
named ****mean (or Comini****). It
served as a type of handbook...
-
century saw the
development in
Ireland of
Penitentials,
handbooks for
confessors in ****igning penance. The
Penitential of ****mean
counseled a
priest to take...
- that a
believer imposes on themselves, acts that are
called penances.
Penitential activity is
particularly common during the
season of Lent and Holy W****...
- monasteries, a
penitential tax or
private penance was
developed which was less
strenuous than the
public penances. This was the
beginning of
penitential commutation...
