- 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...
-
century saw the
development in
Ireland of
Penitentials,
handbooks for
confessors in ****igning penance. The
Penitential of ****mean
counseled a
priest to take...
- A
penitential procession is a form of
public prayer in the
Catholic Church,
often led by clergy, held in
times of
crisis such as plague, famine, natural...
-
Christian religious congregations, with
statutes prescribing various penitential works; they are
especially po****r in the
Catholic Church.
Members of...
- 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...
- 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...
- the
colour proper to the day or the
season or in
violet if they bear a
penitential character.
Votive M****es are
celebrated in the
colour suited to the M****...
- 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
Ermenfrid Penitential is an
ordinance composed by the
Bishops of
Normandy following the
Battle of
Hastings (1066)
calling for
atonement to be completed...
