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Sacramental Confession (Practice & Frequency)

From public penance before the whole church to the quiet whisper of the confessional

This concerns the practice and required frequency of confessing sins to a priest, from rare public penance to regular private confession. Tertullian's De Paenitentia witnesses early penance, and the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) required annual confession. Private confession is normative in Catholic and Orthodox traditions. The Reformers largely rejected obligatory priestly confession, though Lutherans retained a form of it, so the traditions differ on its necessity.

How it traveled

  1. Scorpiace.
    · 220
    explains
  2. The Epistles of Cyprian.
    Carthage · 258
    applies
  3. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  4. The Confessions
    Hippo Regius · 430
    applies
  5. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
    applies

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Scorpiace. · Anti-marcion

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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Scorpiace. · Anti-marcion

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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom · John Chrysostom

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Erasmus’ Preface Reviewed · Martin Luther

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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