contrition
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thumb|upright=1.25|Saint Peter Repentant 1823–25, Goya
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- In the Catholic Church
- Origin
- Necessity
- Perfect and imperfect contrition
- Perfect contrition
- Imperfect contrition
- Criticism of imperfect contrition
- Qualities
- Interior
- Supernatural
- Universal
- Sovereign
- Sacrament of Penance
- Perfect contrition without the Sacrament of Penance
- Obligation of eliciting the act of contrition
- In other Christian theology
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.25|Saint Peter Repentant 1823–25, Goya
In Christianity, contrition or contriteness (, i.e. a breaking of something hardened) is repentance for sins one has committed. The remorseful person is said to be contrite.
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