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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.

Meaning of Penitentials from wikipedia

- 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...
- century saw the development in Ireland of Penitentials, handbooks for confessors in ****igning penance. The Penitential of ****mean counseled a priest to take...
- Poenitentiales and Selections from Related Do****ents, Chapter 1, “Early Irish Penitentials,”, ser: Records of Civilization Sources and Studies, no. 29 (Columbia...
- 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...
- 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...
- or gender categories. They occur in only five medieval glossaries and penitentials (guides for religious penance). Scholars debate their exact meanings...
- Sacrament of Penance" Bieler, Ludwig (ed. and tr.) (1963). The Irish Penitentials. Scriptores Latini Hiberniae 5. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced...
- that a believer imposes on themselves, acts that are called penances. Penitential activity is particularly common during the season of Lent and Holy W****...
- Christian religious congregations, with statutes prescribing various penitential works; they are especially po****r in the Catholic Church. Members of...