- A
penitential is a book or set of
church rules concerning the
Christian sacrament of penance, used for
regular private confession with a confessor-priest...
- contrition, or
spiritual communion spending some time in
mental prayer penitentially praying such
prayers as the…
Hidden God (Adoro te devote) To You O Blessed...
- 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 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...
- that a
believer imposes on themselves, acts that are
called penances.
Penitential activity is
particularly common during the
season of Lent and Holy W****...
-
Penitential canons are
religious rules laid down by
councils or
bishops concerning the
penances to be done for
various sins.
These canons, collected,...
- The
Ermenfrid Penitential is an
ordinance composed by the
Bishops of
Normandy following the
Battle of
Hastings (1066)
calling for
atonement to be completed...
- The
Penitential Act (capitalized in the
Roman Missal) is a
Christian form of
general confession of
sinfulness that
normally takes place at the beginning...
-
forgiveness through the priest.
Before the
fourth century confession and
penitential discipline were a
public affair "since all sin is sin not only against...
- in the
public domain: Cyrus
Adler and
Lewis N.
Dembitz (1901–1906). "
Penitential Days". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The
Jewish Encyclopedia. New...
