See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

PENITENTIARY (med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, See also:

• PENANCE (Old Fr. penance, fr. Lat. poenitentia, penitence)

penance, poena, See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment, a See also:

• TERM

term used both as See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi  valent both of the Latin poenitentiarius, " See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest," and poenitentiaria, the dignity or See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of a poenitentiarius . By an See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the latter sense the name is applied to the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CURIA

Curia known as the apostolic penitentiary (sacra poenitentiaria apostolica), presided over by the See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal See also:

• GRAND

grand penitentiary (See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major poenitentiarius, Ital. penitenziere See also:

• MAGGIORE, LAGO (Lacus Verbanus of the Romans; Fr. Lac Majeur; Ger. Langensee)

maggiore) and having See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction more particularly in all questions in foro interno reserved for the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See (see CURIA See also:

• ROMANA

ROMANA) . In See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, the poenitentiarius, or penitentiary priest, is in each See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese what the grand .penitentiary is at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, i.e. he is appointed to See also:

• DEAL

deal with all cases of See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

conscience reserved for the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop . In the Eastern See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church there are very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early notices of such appointments; so far as the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West is concerned, See also:

• HINSCHIUS, PAUL (1835–1898)

Hinschius (Kirchenrecht, i . 428, See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note 2) quotes from the See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle of Bernold, the See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk of St Blase (c . 1054-1100), as the earliest See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of such See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, that made by the papal See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate See also:

• ODO

Odo of See also:

• OSTIA

Ostia in 1054 . In 1215 the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth Lateran See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council, by its loth See also:

• CANON

canon, ordered suitable men to be ordained in all See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and conventual churches, to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as coadjutors and assistants to the bishops in See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing confessions . and imposing penances . The See also:

• RULE

rule was not immediately nor universally obeyed, the bishops being slow to delegate their See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers . Finally, however, the council of See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent (Sess. See also:

• XXIV

xxiv. cap. viii. de reform.) ordered that, " wherever it could conveniently be done," the bishop should appoint in his cathedral a poenitentiarius, who should be a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor or licentiate in See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology or canon See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and at least See also:

• FORTY

forty years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . See P . Hinschius, Kirehenrecht, i . 427, &c .

(See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1869) ; Du Cange, Glossarium s.v . " Poenitentiarius "; See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopddie (ed . 1904), s.v .