Assertion: reconciliation | /r/HasProperty | tied to rigorous discipline
Facets:
value: according had to do public penance
type: PURPOSE
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: during the first centuries
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: During the first centuries the reconciliation of Christians who had committed particularly grave sins after their Baptism (for example, idolatry, murder, or adultery) was tied to a very rigorous discipline, according to which penitents had to do public penance for their sins, often for years, before receiving reconciliation.