Sentences with 'penance'
Example sentences and phrases with the word penance and other words derived from it.
• « Much of the impetus for the Crusades came from the fact that Urban II offered unlimited penance to the crusaders, which meant that anyone who took part in the crusade would have all their sins absolved; furthermore, pilgrims were now allowed to be armed. »
• « Penitents confessed their sins to the priest, who absolved them and assigned them a penance to atone for their actions and save them from eternal damnation. Thus, the parish priest had enormous power over the lives of his parishioners. »