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1 online resource (247 pages)
ISBN:
9781501744709
Inhalt:
In "Poor, Sinning Folk," W. David Myers investigates the sixteenth-century fate of the medieval Christian sacrament of penance, the process of confessing to a priest in secret one's sins against God and other humans.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Poor, Sinning Folk -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Late-Medieval and Reformation Confession -- Prologue: Theology of Confession before the Reformation -- 1 "Poor, Sinning Folk": Practicing Confession in Late-Medieval Germany -- 2 "The Shorter, the Better": Confession after the Reformation -- II The Catholic Reformation and Sacramental Confession -- Prologue: The Council of Trent -- 3 "Festivals of Souls": Reforming the Rite and Structure of Confession -- 4 "The Precious Jewel": Confession in the Everyday World -- Conclusion: "Careful, Not Fearful -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780801430817
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780801430817
Sprache:
Englisch
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