01 December 2019
Word of the Day: Canonical Penance
CANONICAL PENANCE. The specified penance, corresponding to the nature
and gravity of the sin, prescribed by confessors in the sacrament of penance.
These penances were listed in penitential books. Celtic in origin, the earliest
canonical lists are ascribed to St. Patrick and date from the fifth century.
In time the practice spread throughout Europe. The best known penitential book
is that ascribed to Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury (602-90).
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