La caridad, madre y forma de la penitencia: virtud en el sacramento
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: At present there is a perceived disconnection of penance both from daily Christian life and between moral and sacramental theology. The aim is to find the common root of penance as a virtue and as a sacrament in charity. Following St. Thomas Aquinas, it will be charity as conversive friendship that allows us to unify the movements of the virtue of penance from interior penance or contrition. In this way, virtue and sacrament proceed from the Paschal Mystery of Christ and lead to the Glory of the Father. Penance enables reconciliation in the Church and in the world.
Source: Scripta Theologica
Author: José-Manuel Horcajo-Lucas
Institution: Universidad Eclesiástica San Dámaso
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411187286