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Penance and Confession

Sin named aloud, and the word of absolution spoken over it

Penance and confession is the practice of repentance, confessing sin, and receiving absolution for sin committed after baptism, with roots in the Shepherd of Hermas, Tertullian, and John 20:23. The traditions differ on its form: Catholic and Orthodox communities hold it a sacrament with confession to a priest, while Protestants generally retain repentance and confession but not auricular confession to a priest.

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  1. James
    Jerusalem · 62
    applies
  2. On Modesty.
    — · 220
    explains
  3. On Repentance.
    — · 220
    explains
  4. The Canonical Epistle, with the Commentaries of Theodore Balsamon and John Zonaras.
    — · 220
    applies
  5. Anonymous Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian.
    — · 220
    applies
  6. The Epistles of Cyprian.
    Carthage · 258
    explains
  7. The First Ecumenical Council: The First Council of Nice
    Nicaea · 325
    explains
  8. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  9. The Canons of the Councils of Ancyra, Gangra, Neocæsarea, Antioch and Laodicea, which Canons were Accepted and Received by the Ecumenical Synods
    — · 360
    explains
  10. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    applies
  11. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
    explains
  12. Concerning Repentance
    Milan · 397
    explains
  13. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  14. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  15. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  16. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  17. An Exhortation to Theodore After His Fall
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  18. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  19. Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  20. A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  21. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  22. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  23. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  24. The Enchiridion
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  25. On the Creed
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  26. The Conferences of John Cassian. Part III. Containing Conferences XVIII.-XXIV
    Marseille · 435
    explains
  27. The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 439
    applies
  28. The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 450
    explains
  29. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    explains
  30. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  31. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    applies
  32. The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 692
    explains
  33. The Canons of the Synods of Sardica, Carthage, Constantinople, and Carthage Under St. Cyprian, Which Canons Were Received by the Council in Trullo and Ratified by II. Nice
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 692
    explains
  34. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
    explains
  35. An Invitation to Holy Communion
    Zwolle · 1471
    applies
  36. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
    redefines
  37. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
    explains

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