summae
- noun
- Archaic
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- The summae served as crucial texts for understanding complex theological arguments in medieval scholarship.
- summae confessorum
Examples
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Though the obligation to confess antedates 1215, the council gives a new impetus to the summae when it decrees yearly confession of all sins.
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The summae consistently repeat the prohibition against prying into carnal sins.
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However, the casuistry of the summae brought down the scorn of the reformers.
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The lists of sins of the summae confessorum and the quest for integrity are in service of this legal discipline.
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If the summae confessorum have a mother, it is canon law, or, more precisely, the science of canon law, of which Gratian is the father.
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Then I will look at the evidence on integrity in the summae confessorum as a way of understanding both Luther's reaction and Trent's legislation.
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Nonetheless, the summae, Luther, and Trent all want penitents to be "diligent" in examining their consciences.
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But the summae are consciously turning away from the austere externality of satisfaction as found in the penitentials to interior contrition.
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The new legal awareness, with its insistence on conformity to fixed statutes and their interpretation according to canonical principles, is placed at the service of the confessor in the summae.
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When Trent decreed that the confessional is not "a forum of wrath or punishment," 159 it was echoing a theme already found in the summae confessorum.
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Synonyms
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A short publication that collects and summarizes news or articles
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A book or guide that collects and summarizes important facts about a subject
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Etymology
Summae comes from the Latin summa, which means 'sum' or 'total' and shares the same root as English sum and summary. So a summae is a work that 'adds up' many ideas to give a full explanation.