# Confession money also confession cross, confession guilder and similar (penitent’s fee)

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## Definition

In former times, in the Catholic and Lutheran churches, a voluntary, but now customary, payment in cash to the priest, originally especially after Easter confession (Easter confession: personal, penitent confession of guilt in words before the clergyman) and therefore also called Easter penny and Easter groschen. - Even those who did not confess paid the confession money as a parishioner, which in some areas was often enough the basis of the income of a Lutheran pastor until the end of the 19th century. - See Ablassgeld, Abtrag, Amtsgeld, Annaten, Denkgeld, Dispensationsgeld, Läutegeld, Kathedralgeld, Kirchgeld, Memoriengeld, Messegeld, Obvention, Opfergeld, Palliengeld, Peterspfennig, Pönalgeld, Prokurationsgeld, Stolgeld. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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