PENITENTIAL SPIRITUALITY
IN THE FRANCISCAN SOURCES

At the beginning of this paper on the "Penitential Spirituality in the Franciscan Sources" and in compliance with the traditional rules of formal logic, I believe it useful to specify the terms we must use in this brief exposition. Hence, this preamble will help us to enter into the crux of the problem.

By: Very Rev. Fr. Lino Temperini, TOR

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• Spirituality

• Penitential (elements of definition).

• Franciscan spirituality in its nuances

• The Sources of Franciscan Penitential Spirituality.

• Methodology

• Acceptance of the term "penance."

• The Penitential Theme.

• "Praedicare poenitentiam"

• "Poenitentiarn alere":
  Means and Corollaries of the Penitential Life.

• Christ in the Penitential Life.

• The Life of Penance and the Eucharist.

• The Sacrament of Penance.

• Prayer in the Life of Penance.

• The Fraternity as sign and means of conversion.

• The Penitential Life and the Evangelical Counsels.

• The Active Apostolate in the life of penance.

• The Ecclesial Dimension of the Life of Penance.

• Concluding Synthesis