penance
Sign in to savethumb|La Penitente by Pietro Rotari
Article
22 sectionsContents
- Christianity
- Penance as a religious attitude
- Penance as a sacrament or rite
- Catholicism
- A moral virtue
- Sacrament of Penance
- Assigned penance
- Penitential acts
- Salutary penance
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Lutheranism
- Reformed
- Anglicanism
- Methodism
- Penance in Indian beliefs
- Penance in art and fiction
- See also
- Further reading
- Notes
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- External links
thumb|La Penitente by Pietro Rotari
Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of contrition for sins committed, as well as an alternative name for the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession.