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...
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The Penitential Psalms or Psalms of Confession, so named in Cassiodorus's commentary of the 6th century AD, are the Psalms 6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, and...
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The Penitential Act (capitalized in the Roman Missal) is a Christian form of general confession of sinfulness that normally takes place at the beginning...
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Indulgence (redirect from Penitential Redemptions)
century saw the development in Ireland of Penitentials, handbooks for confessors in assigning penance. The Penitential of Cummean counseled a priest to take...
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The Ermenfrid Penitential is an ordinance composed by the Bishops of Normandy following the Battle of Hastings (1066) calling for atonement to be completed...
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Penitential canons are religious rules laid down by councils or bishops concerning the penances to be done for various sins. These canons, collected,...
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The Penitential of Finnian is a sixth-century penitential believed to have been written by either Finnian of Clonard or Finnian of Movilla. It contains...
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Penance (redirect from Penitential garb)
that a believer imposes on themselves, acts that are called penances. Penitential activity is particularly common during the season of Lent and Holy Week...
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The Penitential of Cummean is an Irish penitential, presumably composed c. 650 by an Irish monk named Cummean (or Cominianus). It served as a type of handbook...
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Penitent order (redirect from Penitential Orders)
monasteries, a penitential tax or private penance was developed which was less strenuous than the public penances. This was the beginning of penitential commutation...
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Ten Days of Repentance (redirect from Penitential Days)
in the public domain: Cyrus Adler and Lewis N. Dembitz (1901–1906). "Penitential Days". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New...
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Liturgical colours (redirect from Penitential purple)
the colour proper to the day or the season or in violet if they bear a penitential character. Votive Masses are celebrated in the colour suited to the Mass...
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The Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu is a Roman Catholic Marian shrine in Mannar district of Sri Lanka. With a history of more than 400 years, the shrine acts...
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forgiveness through the priest. Before the fourth century confession and penitential discipline were a public affair "since all sin is sin not only against...
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and lit candle A. Introductory rites Entrance Greeting of the altar Penitential Act Kyrie Eleison Gloria Collect B. Liturgy of the Word Lectionary readings...
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sambenito; Catalan: gramalleta, sambenet, Portuguese: sambenito) was a penitential garment that was used especially during the Portuguese and Spanish Inquisitions...
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Dame de Lourdes Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady Penitentes Penitential Brotherhood of the Holy Eucharist Society of the Holy Name Ven. Arc....
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from previous Christian religious wars in that they were considered a penitential exercise, and so earned participants remittance from penalties for all...
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uncle Francisco Hurtado, penitential exercises became a habitual practice for Carvajal. Although in modern times, these penitential practices can appear to...
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celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. In countries such as the United Kingdom, Mardi Gras is...
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ordered processions in times of trouble and danger. The litany was a penitential processional service used in time of trouble or to express sorrow for...
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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...
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blown.)[further explanation needed] A variety of piyyutim, medieval penitential prayers, are recited regarding themes of repentance. The Aleinu prayer...
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figurines depicting ocelots and similar felids are known. In her 1904 work A Penitential Rite of the Ancient Mexicans, archaeologist Zelia Nuttall described a...
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themselves are during a blessing with holy water, when concluding the penitential rite, in imitation of the priest before the Gospel reading (small signs...
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of the most traditional demonstrations of popular Catholicism. These penitential ceremonies occur in some villages in Lower Brittany on the feast day...
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letters Episcopal consecrators Approbation (Catholic canon law) Confession Penitential canons Paenitentiale Theodori Seal of the Confessional Internal and external...
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traditionally a place of penitence, and in Eastern Christianity some penitential services, such as the Little Hours during Holy Week are celebrated there...
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Eucharistic service. A General Confession and Absolution, known as the Penitential Rite, is proclaimed in the Eucharistic liturgy. Lutherans hold that Baptism...
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incense at funeral pyres. Myrrh was used as an embalming ointment and as a penitential incense in funerals and cremations until the 15th century. The "holy...
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