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Definition of Penitentials

Penitential
Penitential Pen`i*ten"tial, n. (R. C. Ch.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.

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- Theodore of Tarsus. Most later penitentials are based on theirs, rather than on earlier Roman texts. The number of Irish penitentials and their importance is...
- Violence in the Early Penitentials. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789048534081. Bieler, Ludwig (1963). The Irish Penitentials. The Dublin Institute...
- 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...
- Poenitentiales and Selections from Related Do****ents, Chapter 1, “Early Irish Penitentials,”, ser: Records of Civilization Sources and Studies, no. 29 (Columbia...
- 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,...
- 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****...
- ordinarily performed privately as well. Certain handbooks were made, called "penitentials", designed as a guide for confessors and as a means of regularising the...