THEOLOGY OF PENANCE IN THE FIRST CENTURIES OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE EASTERN CHURCH  Cover Image

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THEOLOGY OF PENANCE IN THE FIRST CENTURIES OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE EASTERN CHURCH

Author(s): Michał Chłapowiec
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: CHRISTIAN EAST; FATHERS OF THE CHURCH; PENANCE PROCESS; PENANCE “RATES”; LITURGY

Summary/Abstract: Penance belongs to these sacramental events, in which the difference of views between the Eastern and Western Churches was intensified for many different reasons. It was not, however, the problem of setting different goals, but of using different means or methods in order to attain them. In the present article the issues are presented from the perspective of the Eastern Church, in the light of the teaching and directives given by its most representative (in the author’s opinion) members and of the decisions of synods that took place in the Christian East at that time.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 3 (58)
  • Page Range: 131-152
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish