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In the Catholic Church, the Seal of Confession (also known as the Seal of the Confessional or the Sacramental Seal) is the absolute duty of priests or anyone who happens to hear a confession not to disclose anything that they learn from penitents during the course of the Sacrament of Penance (confession). [1]
After saying that "he who wishes to confess his sins should seek a priest who can bind and loose", he adds these words often repeated as an axiom: "So great is the power of confession that if a priest be wanting, one may confess to his neighbour" (tanta vis est confessionis ut, si deest sacerdos, confiteatur proximo). He goes on to explain ...
Finally, the priest invites the penitent to "give thanks to the Lord, for he is good", to which the penitent responds, "His mercy endures forever" (Psalms 136:1). [40] The priest dismisses the penitent "in peace". Before the absolution, the penitent makes an act of contrition, a prayer declaring sorrow for sin.
Anyone who says that Jesus became our High Priest, but the Word of God did not become our High Priest, or that Jesus' sacrifice was for himself also. [4] Anyone who says that the body of Christ is not the Word of God and is not life-giving. [4] Anyone who does not confess that the Word of God became flesh, suffered, died and was resurrected. [4]
Canon 915 is immediately followed by canon 916, which concerns the minister of the Eucharist (priest or bishop) in case that it celebrates a Mass and the recipient of Holy Communion: "A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave ...
He noted that Catholic Church canon laws 965 and 966 say that only a priest may hear confession. “Confession, or ‘Reconciliation’ as it is usually termed today, is an ecclesial sacrament ...
The Seal of the Confessional (also Seal of Confession or Sacramental Seal) is a Christian doctrine forbidding a priest from disclosing any information learned from a penitent during Confession. This doctrine is recognized by several Christian denominations: Seal of the Confessional (Anglicanism) Seal of confession in the Catholic Church
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