medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear colleagues,
In light of what I wrote before, I'd like to re-present my queries to
you:
My question to you has to do with the late thirteenth-century notion
of confession. Can Celestine's bull be understood to present the
concept of confession as one which necessarily demands a priest's
absolution, or could the act of confession be conceived as something
separate from absolution? Could confession have been understood as
requiring the presence of, and dialogue with, a priest, or could the
notion have been open to the possibility that a confession could be
made, e.g., to a group of ordinary people?
For example, what if a priest were to hear a confession at the church
of Santa Maria di Collemaggio from the evening of 28 August to the
evening of 29 August in the years around 1300 but refuse to absolve
the person -- in the 1294 context of the Pardon, would the act of
confessing one's sins, if one is truly contrite, suffice for
attaining the Pardon?
George
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George FERZOCO
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