medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
does 'auricular' confession suggest that previous confessions were in
writing?
eliana
Quoting "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
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> How far back does this formulation go?
> Meg
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >
culture
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> Wouldn't that depend on the moment in the historical development of
> the > sacrament? The Council of Florence (1439) legislated the
Thomistic
> view > of penance as a sacrament requiring repentance, auricular
confession,
> > penance and presbyteral absolution.
>
> I also recall dimly from my days in theology (late-1970s) that
> auricular > confession constituted the matter of the sacrament, so
that one
> could, > in an emergency, confess to one's horse in the absence of a
priest.
> Is > this only apocryphal?
>
> //TL
>
>
>
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> From: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture on
> behalf > of Pat McIntosh-Spinnler
> Sent: Sat 12/4/2004 5:47 AM
> To: Long, Thomas
> Subject: absolution by lay persons
>
>
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >
culture
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> I have a feeling I have read something somewhere along these lines:
>
> It was possible, in extremis, for a lay person (ie one not ordained
> > priest)
> to hear a deathbed confession and to pronounce absolution of some
> sort. > This
> would be particularly the case on a battlefield or at some similar >
moment
> when a priest was unobtainable. I associate the idea particularly
> with > the
> miltant Orders (Knights Hospitallers, in this case.)
>
> Can anyone offer any comment?
>
> Pat McIntosh-Spinnler
>
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