Penitent order - Wikipedia Penitent order The Christian movement known as the Penitents goes back to the 4th century Those who had committed serious sins confessed their sins to the Bishop or his representative and were assigned a penance that was to be carried out over a period of time
PENITENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of PENITENT is feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant How to use penitent in a sentence
PENITENT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com PENITENT definition: feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite See examples of penitent used in a sentence
Dictionary : PENITENTS | Catholic Culture PENITENTS The members of a confraternity whose statutes prescribed penance and mercy They flourished in Italy, France, and Spain from about the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries Their
Penitents - Biblical Cyclopedia The penitents so enrolled were divided into four distinct classes, called by the Greeks προσκλαίοντες, ἀκροώμενοι, ὑποπίπτοντες, and συνιστάμενοι; and by the Latins flentes, audientes, substrati, and consistentes — that is, the mourners or weepers, hearers, kneelers, and co- standers
Penitential Orders | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia Penitential Orders, a general name for religious congregations whose members are bound to perform extraordinary works of penance, or to provide others with the
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Penitential Orders - NEW ADVENT Penitents or hermits of St John the Baptist (a) A community near Pampelona in the Kingdom of Navarre, each of the five hermitages being occupied by eight hermits leading a life of mortification and silence, and assembling only for the chanting of the Divine Office
Penitents | Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical . . . The penitents so enrolled were divided into four distinct classes, called by the Greeks προσκλαίοντες, ἀκροώμενοι, ὑποπίπτοντες, and συνιστάμενοι; and by the Latins flentes, audientes, substrati, and consistentes — that is, the mourners or weepers, hearers, kneelers, and co- standers