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Confession
(2,565 words)
1. Definition and meaningConfession (from Latin
confessio) has been the most common form of the church’s penitential discipline from the early Middle Ages until (to some extent) the present. The German equivalent is
Beichte, from MHG
bigiht, contracted
bīht[e]: “declaration, avowal”. The debate over whether it should be recognized as a sacrament and how it should be formally regulated and practiced by the church became a major bone of contention among the three main Christian religious groups. These differences have had not only…
Date:
2019-10-14
