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"This book is a comprehensive historiographical survey on Christian penance and confession from the early sixteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. The author charts the change from medieval practices of penance to the modern rites of penance. The book's title refers to the latin phrase medici et medicamenta, or, ""spiritual doctors and medicines,"" to indicate a unifying theme of this study."

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The questions Molineaux raises are indeed vital, and her curiosity about the influence of Greek and Jewish penitential traditions on those of the Latin west is well-founded!.Students interested in the historiography of penance may benefit from consulting the often informative pages of Medici et medicamenta. Church History

The questions Molineaux raises are indeed vital, and her curiosity about the influence of Greek and Jewish penitential traditions on those of the Latin west is well-founded...Students interested in the historiography of penance may benefit from consulting the often informative pages of Medici et medicamenta. Church History

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Natalie Brigit Molineaux is Assistant Professor of History, St. Joseph's College of Maine.

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