tribunal of penance

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The charitable advice of the confessor in the tribunal of penance is futile against the intoxicating seductions of those romances whose only merit consists in flattering the most depraved inclinations of the human heart.

From Serious Hours of a Young Lady by Sainte-Foi, Charles

But the greatest part of them imitating that which they admired, drew near to the tribunal of penance, and the holy table.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir

When she approached the tribunal of penance, but, above all, in going to communion, her body sometimes emitted a fragrant odour, and a halo of light surrounded her head.

From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Fullerton, Georgiana

Catholics know this man is the confessor, and the place for such information and counsel, the holy tribunal of penance.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)

I shall be in the tribunal of penance at six o'clock P.M.; there I shall expect to meet you.

From Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal by Richardson, Sarah J.