The Celtic Penitentials and Their Influence on Continental Christianity

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Excerpt from The Celtic Penitentials and Their Influence on Continental Christianity: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Church History in the Graduate Divinity SchoolNo phase of mediaeval Christianity was a more vital, part of common life than the Penitential System. Through it priest and people had their most Significant relationships. It was the foremost agency in the cure of souls, and at the period of fullest institutional development it assumed a very important place in the ecclesiastical frame-work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.