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Definition of penitential book

penitential book
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.

Meaning of penitential book from wikipedia

- 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 Act (capitalized in the Roman Missal) is a Christian form of general confession of sinfulness that normally takes place at the beginning...
- century saw the development in Ireland of Penitentials, handbooks for confessors in ****igning penance. The Penitential of ****mean counseled a priest to take...
- 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...
- Until the Prayer Book revisions of the 1970s and the creation of Alternative Service Books in various Anglican provinces, the penitential rite was always...
- the services of the Hours and the Divine Liturgy. In particular, the penitential Psalm 50 is very widely used. Fragments of Psalms and individual verses...
- prayers to the Holy Spirit, Penitential psalms, litanies, prayers for the dead, and suffrages to the Saints. The book's goal was to help his devout patroness...
- The Prayer of Man****eh is a short, penitential prayer attributed to king Man****eh of Judah. The majority of scholars believe that the Prayer of Man****eh...
- Orders of Morning and Evening Prayer are extended by the inclusion of a penitential section at the beginning including a corporate confession of sin and...
- appeared during the early Stuart Restoration. Among them were polemic penitential offices for the Gunpowder Plot and execution of Charles I, as well as...