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_aChiniquy, Charles Paschal Telesphore, _d1809-1899 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Priest, the Woman and the Confessional |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2006 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2006-12-16 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Robert Cicconetti, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org)) | ||
| 520 | _a"The Priest, the Woman and the Confessional" by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy is a critical and autobiographical account written in the late 19th century. This work examines the confessional practices within the Roman Catholic Church, particularly focusing on how these practices impact women and priests alike. The author, a former priest who became a Protestant reformer, highlights themes of moral degradation, power dynamics, and the suffering induced by the Church's system of auricular confession. The opening of this work sets a dramatic and intense tone, beginning with an empathetic reflection on the plight of women in the confessional. Chiniquy discusses the anguish and moral conflict faced by women who must divulge their most intimate thoughts and sins to male confessors, often leading to pain, shame, and a sense of lost purity. He narrates instances where women struggle to maintain their dignity while feeling forced into degradation by the expectations of the Church. Through poignant anecdotes, he lays the groundwork for a broader critique of how the confessional system acts as a "deep pit of perdition," affecting not only the penitents but also the confessors, revealing a cycle of moral compromise that leads to widespread emotional and spiritual ruin. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aCatholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Protestant authors | ||
| 653 | _aConfession | ||
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