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Title: The Priest, the Woman and the Confessional

Note: Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

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Summary: "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.)

Author: Chiniquy, Charles Paschal Telesphore, 1809-1899

EBook No.: 20120

Published: Dec 16, 2006

Downloads: 147

Language: English

Subject: Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Protestant authors

Subject: Confession

LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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Title: The Priest, the Woman and the Confessional

Note: Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Credits: Produced 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))

Summary: "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.)

Author: Chiniquy, Charles Paschal Telesphore, 1809-1899

EBook No.: 20120

Published: Dec 16, 2006

Downloads: 147

Language: English

Subject: Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Protestant authors

Subject: Confession

LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.