public penance

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• penance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ public VERB + PENANCE ▪ do, pay ▪ Has anyone ever paid a higher penance for telling a lie? PREPOSITION ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Penance — is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Catholic and Orthodox Christian Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. The word penance derives from Old French and Latin poenitentia , both of which derive from the same root… …   Wikipedia

• public — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 the public people in general ADJECTIVE ▪ general VERB + THE PUBLIC ▪ educate, inform ▪ The government was slow to inform the public about the health hazards of asbestos …   Collocations dictionary

• The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sacrament of Penance (Catholic Church) — In Roman Catholic teaching, the Sacrament of Penance (commonly called Confession , Reconciliation or Penance ) is the method given by Christ to the Church by which individual men and women may be freed from sins committed after receiving Baptism …   Wikipedia

• Absolution — • The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Absolution     Absolution      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Extreme Unction — • A sacrament to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect spiritual health, including, if need be, the remission of sins, and also, conditionally, to restore bodily health, to Christians who are seriously ill Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Order of Penitents — The Christian movement known as the Penitents goes back to the 4th century. Those who had committed serious sins confessed their sins to the bishop or his representative and were assigned a penance that was to be carried out over a period of time …   Wikipedia

• The Seal of Confession —     The Law of the Seal of Confession     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession     In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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