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Catholicism in the medieval age was built around adhering to a numberof sacraments including confession or performing penance for sins committed.
Mortality rates were very high and it was important to cleanse yoursoul as you could die at any time and meet your maker.
Priests took confession from their fellow brethren and the monks tookthis duty very seriously. Indeed Luther, took confession so seriouslyhe was known to leave the confessional and then go straight back in torepent further sins.
The importance of penance also led to a culture of self-mortificationwhere monks performed rituals designed to test their faith andendurance, and to show how humble they were before their God.
These included fasting, manual labour and could include sleeping onhard benches, without any blankets on or in Luther's case sleeping orlying out in the snow.
Medieval Christians were intent on purging their sins and provingtheir faith which is why penance played such a large role intheir lives,
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