Sin and Confession on the Eve of the Reformation / / Thomas N. Tentler.
Although John Calvin often likened sacramental confession to butchery, the Council of Trent declared that for those who approached it worthily, it was made easy by its "great benefits and consolations." Thomas Tentler describes and evaluates the effectiveness of sacramental confession as a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1977 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part One. Introduction
- CHAPTER I. The Historical Background
- CHAPTER II. The Literature of the Forgiveness of Sins
- Part Two. The Teaching on Sacramental Confession at the End of the Middle Ages
- CHAPTER III. The Practice of Auricular Confession
- CHAPTER IV. Sin: The Subject of Confession
- CHAPTER V. The Working of the Sacrament of Penance
- CHAPTER VI. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index