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Contrition

In Christianity, contrition or contriteness (from Latin contritus 'ground to pieces, breaking of something hardened', is repentance for sins one has committed. The remorseful person is said to be contrite.

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Contrition

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Triples149
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Necessity · 41
Contrition → According, Acts, Apostles, Baptist, Bonaventure, Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia, Christ, Church Fathers, Clement, Contritione, Council, Cyprian, De Lapsis, Do, Except, From, God, God's, Hermas
related to References · 28
Contrition → Book II, Catholic Encyclopedia, Charles, Collet, De, De Controversiis, De Pænitentia, Dogmata Theologica, Dogmatic Theology, Entwicklung, Herbermann, II, Luther, Luthertum, Mainz, Migne, New York, Outlines, Paris, Petavius
related to Obligation of eliciting the act of contrition · 21
Contrition → Alphonsus Liguori, Ballerine, Contritione, Fuit, God, In, Opus Morale, Penance, Probably, Sabetti, Sacrament, Schieler-Hauser, Sess, St, The, Theologia Moralis, Theologians, Therefore, They, This
related to Sacrament of Penance · 21
Contrition → After, Catechism, Catholic Church, Confession, Council, For, For Catholics, God's, Hence, In, La Croix, Penance, Practice, Reconciliation, Roman Ritual, Sacrament, Schieler-Heuser, The, Theory, These
related to Origin · 13
Contrition → Augustine, Christian, Commentary, Compunctus, It, Master, Sentences, Since, The, The Council, This, Thomas Aquinas, Trent
related to In other Christian theology · 7
Contrition → Christ's, Gospel, Lutheran Church, One, Puritan, The Augsburg Confession, Thomas Hooker
see also · 5
Contrition → Act, ContritionAtonement, ForgivenessMercyPardonOrdo, Penance, Sacrament
related to Perfect and imperfect contrition · 2
Contrition → God, In Catholic
related to Qualities · 2
Contrition → Catholic, In
is a · 1
Contrition → first and indispensable condition for pardon

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sin god sorrow perfect repentance sacrament must grace sins penance act catholic imperfect love one forgiveness confession de also heart

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Contritionis afirst and indispensable condition for pardon0.90text
the following from Cyprianinstance ofand from the Church Fathers they cite passages0.80text
De Lapsisinstance ofand from the Church Fathers they cite passages0.80text
noinstance ofand from the Church Fathers they cite passages0.80text
Peter Lombardinstance ofScholastics0.80text
Thomas Aquinasinstance ofScholastics0.80text
and Bonaventure taught that perfect contritioninstance ofScholastics0.80text
with the desire of receiving the Sacrament of Penanceinstance ofScholastics0.80text
restored a sinner to grace at onceinstance ofScholastics0.80text
Contritionrelated to In other Christian theologyThe Augsburg Confession0.60section
Contritionrelated to In other Christian theologyLutheran Church0.60section
Contritionrelated to In other Christian theologyOne0.60section

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