Master of penance [electronic resource] : Gratian and the development of penitential thought and law in the twelfth century / Atria A. Larson.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Catholic University of America, 2010, under title: Gratian's Tractatus de penitentia : a textual study and intellectual history

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Distinctio 1: contrition or confession--what remits sins? -- Distinctio 2: regaining love like David or losing love like Satan? -- Distinctio 3: sin and the nature of true penance -- Distinctio 4: when forgiven sins come back to haunt you -- Distinctiones 5-7: true penance, proper confessor-priests, and secure death -- Penance in practice: extra-de penitentia texts on penance in the decretum -- From Discipulus Anselmi to Magister Clericorum -- From one master to another : Peter Lombard's usage of De Penitentia -- De Penitentia in the classroom (1): the early reception, 1140--1170 -- De Penitentia in the classroom (2): Paris and Bologna at the end of the twelfth century -- Moving beyond the classroom : De Penitentia in England and Southern France, 1160-1190 -- De Penitentia outside the classroom : the Papal Curia, 1159-1215 -- Conclusion.

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