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represents an attempt to "make available the advices and conclusions of the moral theologians to the ordinary priests for specific cases." Thomas lays out the agenda of the work in its preface: "We will more carefully pursue the duties and practical considerations which are necessary for priests to
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Thomas devotes the most attention to issue of specific penances for specific sins (especially lust, wrath, and greed). However, he stops short of providing a list of "tariffed penances", given the possibility of additional factors in individual cases that may problematise them. Thomas examines a
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and a priest's ability to hear confession. Before a cleric can confess, for instance, a priest must inquire if he has discharged his clerical duties or not. Thomas then raises the question of whether or not intellectually disabled people or condemned criminals are eligible for penance.
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specifying that priests ought to consider the individual circumstances of the penitent. However, according to F. Broomfield, Thomas' work "was very little influenced" by the council, and Thomas might not even have been aware of the
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hear confessions and enjoin penances." On one hand, Thomas notes that "if any sin is concealed, there is no confession, no absolution." On the other hand, he cautions priests not to
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began to circulate in 1216. It attracted a wide readership, especially in colleges and priories, and was one of the most copied penitential works in the
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are still extant, with at least a couple dating to the 1480s. A critical edition based on three English manuscripts, titled
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passed by the council. Its authorship has also been misattributed to several other writers, including Innocent III himself.
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were either quoted or alluded to in later theological handbooks, including the
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Thirteenth Century England XVI: Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference, 2015
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on the Integrity of Confession as Prolegomena for Luther and Trent".
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The Language of Abuse: Marital Violence in Later Medieval England
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Sin and Society in Fourteenth-century England: A Study of The
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in the church, Thomas explores the relationship between the
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Index

penance
Thomas of Chobham
Peter Cantor
confession
Fourth Council of the Lateran
Pope Innocent III
canons
late medieval period
William of Pagula
penance
Ten Commandments
Beatitudes
spiritual gifts
sin
irregularities
sacraments
Peter Lombard
Psalms
Saint Paul
Gratian
Murphy 1991
Broomfield 1968


Baldwin 1970


Broomfield 1968
Broomfield 1968
Kemmler 1984

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