Sin as an Ailment of Soul and Repentance as the Process of Its Healing. The Pastoral Concept of Penitentials as a Way of Dealing with Sin, Repentance, and Forgiveness in the Insular Church of the Sixth to the Eighth Centuries

Although the advent of the Kingdom of God in Jesus contains as an intrinsic quality the opportunity for repentance (metanoia) as often as required, the Church of the first five-hundred years shows serious difficulties with the opportunity of conversion after a relapse in sinning after baptism. The C...

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Main Author: Kursawa, Wilhelm (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sciendo, De Gruyter 2017
In: Perichoresis
Year: 2017, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-45
IxTheo Classification:KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
KBF British Isles
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBE Anthropology
RG Pastoral care
Further subjects:B Ambrosianum Basil Cassian Columbanus confessor Cummean Finnian Insular Church Oriental Church paenitentia canonica paenitentia privata remedial character of penance penitent penitential literature sixth-eighth centuries sin as an ailment of the soul soul-friend confessor as a spiritual physician
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