<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article traces the evolution of auricular confession from its origins in the spiritual <italic>diakresis</italic> in the early desert tradition and argues that through the Celtic churches of Northern Europe the practice is introduced into the Western Church culminating in the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. By developing the desert tradition of <italic>diakresis</italic> it will be argued that the Celtic system triumphed because of its stronger psychological verisimilitude compared to the Southern Mediterranean traditions of public one-off penance.</p></abstract>

This article traces the evolution of auricular confession from its origins in the spiritual diakresis in the early desert tradition and argues that through the Celtic churches of Northern Europe the practice is introduced into the Western Church culminating in the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. By developing the desert tradition of diakresis it will be argued that the Celtic system triumphed because of its stronger psychological verisimilitude compared to the Southern Mediterranean traditions of public one-off penance.

Auricular Confession: the Celtic Gift to the Church

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This article traces the evolution of auricular confession from its origins in the spiritual diakresis in the early desert tradition and argues that through the...

Auricular Confession: the Celtic Gift to the Church

Publicado en línea: 18 nov 2017

Páginas: 67 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/perc-2017-0016

Palabras clave
penance, confession celtic, church, auricular

© 2017 Peter Tyler, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Auricular Confession: the Celtic Gift to the Church

Publicado en línea: 18 nov 2017

Páginas: 67 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/perc-2017-0016

Palabras clavepenance, confession celtic, church, auricular

© 2017 Peter Tyler, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
penance, confession celtic, church, auricular