| Edition |
[First American edition]. |
| Description |
176 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Part I: Confession -- I. The sacrament of penance in tradition -- Departure from the traditional practice of confession -- So that our confessing may be beneficial -- The diversity of expectations of those who confess frequently -- The confessional situation requires a personal pastoral care -- The universal human need of salvation as a starting point for further reflection -- The way in which the sacrament of penance was experienced in earlier generations: continuity and change -- Change which preserves what is good, so that this good may be constantly made present -- Circumstances which have promoted frequent devotional confession -- 2. Basic elements of human sinfulness and conversion -- Jesus' call to conversion concerns all of us -- Conversion to faith in the Father and to love for our fellow men -- The call to conversion includes a call to fellowship -- The personal character of conversion -- Every choice in life must be remade -- The eschatological direction of our conversion -- The ethic of the New Testament is in the first place an ethic of intention -- Grades in personal sin: venial, serious, and mortal sin -- 3. Liturgical and extra liturgical forgiveness of sin -- The secularization of ethics: God withdraws from the world -- Secularization in sin leads to secularization in forgiveness -- The duty towards mutual reconciliation -- The place for liturgical forgiveness of sin -- The form of liturgical forgiveness of sin -- In search of a form for the service of penance -- The place of private confession in the life of a Christian -- Part 2: Services of penance for adults -- Comments on the services -- First general service, theme: our attitude towards sin -- Second general service, theme: the forward looking community -- Service for religious, theme: availability for the church -- Service for advent, theme: conversion to Christ -- Service for lent, theme: our personal and common guilt -- Celebration of penance and Eucharist, theme: each one of us must be actively on his guard against formalism -- Seventh service, theme: our relations with others. |
| Note |
Translation of Boeteviering en private biecht. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Penance.
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| Added Title |
Boeteviering en private biecht. English
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