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- adjective Obsolete spelling of
penitent . - noun Obsolete spelling of
penitent .
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Two issues here: 1 Clergy-penitant confidentiality and privilege, which Texas did not enact until about 1968, laws and church bylaws both tend to fail to specify when this can be used i nchurch discipline, just as there is a similar unfortunate grey area if student reveals something to teacher guidance counselor, principal, etc.
Churches Increasingly Disciplining Members; Police and Courts Become Involved Howard M. Friedman 2008
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Its purpose is to repair the rupture that sin has caused between God and the penitant.
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