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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Sacrament of Penance"”.
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The virtue and the sacrament of penance in adolescent personality growth
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The persistence of penance : evangelical alternatives for the sacrament of penance.
This dissertation explores the formation of Lutheran, Reformed, and Anabaptist alternatives for the functions of the sacrament of penance. It makes use of normative documents that guided the medieval practice of penance, the theological writings of Protestant reformers, and legislation that …
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The Future of the Sacrament of Penance: An African Reconciliatory Paradigm in the Light of Karl Rahner's Theology of Penance
Based on the understanding of reconciliation in the African culture and Karl Rahner’s theology of the sacramentality of the Church, this doctoral thesis opens a debate about the kind of renewal required to revitalise the dwindling practice of sacramental confession. The Second Vatican Council, in …
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Models of Confession: Penitential Writing in Late Medieval England
<p>This project examines the medieval practice of the sacrament of penance and the innovative ways in which medieval literature engaged with the pastoral project of the Catholic church to provide the penitent with a way to deal with sin. Drawing from medieval literature, religious writing and …
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The theology and pastoral practice of penance in Tertullian
Going back to ancient sources always offers a sense of rediscovering something which lies hidden under layers of accumulations gathered along the passing of time. Sometimes things become totally different and lose their original meaning or intent. The sacrament of penance as practiced and …
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Learning to Love
… study examines medieval edification in all of its rich senses: moral improvement, the building up of community, and the construction of a city or edifice. Drawing from medieval literature, religious writing and architectural sources, my dissertation investigates virtue formation and explores …
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My Education
… It is a poetic meditation on the nature of knowledge. The manuscript is a triptych, each section of which corresponds to a common source of knowledge.</p> <p>The first chapter is a collection of poems entitled As Seen On TV. The poems borrow conceptual metaphors and visual gestures from …
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Post-Conciliar Models of Sin and Reconciliation: Towards a Contemporary Paradigm
The central proposal of this dissertation is that now, in the wake of the Second Vatican Council (1962-5), official Roman Catholic teaching on sin and sacramental reconciliation is not, but ought to be, based upon a contemporary paradigm of sin and reconciliation--i.e. a paradigm which is …