SCIENDUM EST AUTEM SACERDOTIBUS (PENITENS ACCEDENS AD CONFESSIONEM): A SHORT THIRTEENTH-CENTURY TREATISE ON HEARING CONFESSIONS.

The article explores the short treatise on confession from the 13th century known as "Sciendum est autem sacerdotibus" or "Penitens accedens ad confessionem." According to the author, the manuscripts demonstrate a number of variations, mainly because men who copied the works felt free to alter the text to suit their own interests. She claims that the "apparatus fontium" provided more details on the ways the author of the original treatise used his sources, with reference to certain editions.