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Impurity: adultery, fornication, pederasty, concupiscence, impure language Murder
Idolatry
Sorcery, magic
Avarice
Theft
Envies: jealousy, greed, love of vain glory, hatred
Lies: false witness, perjury, hypocrisy, slander
Spite: anger, rebellion, argument, perverseness, bad temper, gossips, insults, injustice, deceitfulness. Pride: boastfulness, vanity, arrogance.
Fickleness and insanity
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One hundred years since the blood of christ was spilled in order to forgive everyone for their sins.
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The whole community was involved.
Penitents confessed their sins to the whole community.
They were excommuniated for the time they served their penance.
Penitants had to eat plain foods and were clothes that were 'squalid'
The asked widows and presbytes to pray for them (because they thought they were the most dedicated to God). -
They gave the authority to forgive 'grave souls' to the bishops.
They also withheld penance from those who had "fallen without compulsion" -
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Between the fifth and 6th century, Penance was a common part of daily and social life.
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Celtic Penitential practises were made up of:
Confession
Acceptance of Satisfication fixed by the priest
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This types of Penance involved:
Private confession to a spiritual father (or a mother)
Reception of an appropriate penance witht e goal of restoring the balance of the "moral universe" instead of reconcilliation with the community.
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Approved Celtic Monastic practise, but also tried to establish Episcopal control over it.
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Said that all those who reached the age to make their own decisions, shoud recieve penance at least once a year, with communion as well.
They declared that if a priest broke the seal of confession, then he was sentenced to serve a never ending penance.
They also made it Cannon law that every Catholic Christian were to go to confession in his parish once a year
They declared a continous attendance to Penance, not just one.
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Stated that the Sacrement of Penance should be:
1) Contrition of heart including sorrow for committing the sin and resolve not to sin again.
2) Oral confession of all sins that are remembered.
3) Satisfaction for sins assigned by the priest ordinarilydoneby prayer, fasting and almsgiving. -
Pushed for a non-communal penance, but an individualistic kind.
Differeniated between what the sacrament required of those who were fathful and what it did not.
“All mortal sins of which penitents after a diligent self- examination are conscious” had to be confessed “specifically and in particular.” -
Reaffirms The Gospel of John 20:22-23
Pope Pius X - qouted John 20:22-23: "Receive the Holy Spirit; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." -
Catholics went to Confession mroe then they went to Holy communion in the first half of the 20th Century.
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Pope Pius X wrote about a confession he underwent in the encyclical, and tittle it “Other Devotions Not Strictly Liturgical Warmly Recommended.
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Produced 16 documents, one of which was "Lumen Gentium"
It said that penitents must not obly look for penance from the priest but also the church community.
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Suddenly attendance in confession came to a sudden halt on Saturday afternoons.
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Some Laity found other ways of getting the same experience from confession/
Theses ways inlciuded:
Support groups,
Bible study,
Spiritual direction,
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Pope Paul VI introduced the new name for the the Sacrament of Penance - The "Sacrament of Reconcilliation"
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Was created in 1982. It forbid confessos from sharing knowledge that has been given during a confession, that would 'displease' or reveal the identify of the penitant
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Pope John Paul the Second, released the " Reconciliatio et Paenitentia", which cited The Gospel of Mark 1:15.
Mark 1:15 stated when jesus said "Repent,a nd believe in the Gospel" -
This document (Released by Pope John Paul The Second) cited The Gospel of Mathew 26:73. This part of the gospel said that Jesus was born to "save people fro their sins". This document also recorded the teaching of Saint John The Baptist - calling people to repent.
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Reconciliation now a days is done by the following:
Two or more need to be gathered together in the name of God - (The Assembly).
It has to be done by a minister, in the imposition
And by proclaiming the Word of God.
"Salvation is therefore and above all redemption from sin, which hinders friendship with God." - a qoute made The Pope from the Epistle to the Romans 8:21. -
The Ne Rite of Penance was introduced in America, in the year 1974, on the first Sunday of Lent.
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1) The removal of all sins through the use of Baptism
2) The daily remission through prayer and fasting of "light and small sins"
3) The formal one time remision of deadly and serious sins through public penance Augustine also gave permision for elders and ministers the right to perform Penance -
The Council tried to maintain the old system of reconciliation and keep the idea that reconciliation could only be recieved once.
They also rejected the Monastic practise. It meant that fewer christians were practising the sacrament of penance