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  2. Seal of confession in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    However, the Catholic Church punishes with excommunication latae sententiae anyone who records by any technical means or divulges what is said by the confessor or penitent. [ 18 ] [ 20 ] There are limited cases where portions of a confession may be revealed to others, but always with the penitent's permission and never by revealing the penitent ...

  3. Sacrament of Penance - Wikipedia

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    Absolution referred only to the punishment due to sin. But at this time Hugh of St. Victor taught on the basis of the "power of the keys" (John 20:23 [25] and Matthew 18:18) [26] that absolution applied not to the punishment but to the sins, and this hastened the end to lay confession. From "as early as the third century devout Christians were ...

  4. Absolution - Wikipedia

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    The Confession by Giuseppe Molteni, 1838. Absolution is a theological term for the forgiveness imparted by ordained Christian priests and experienced by Christian penitents.It is a universal feature of the historic churches of Christendom, although the theology and the practice of absolution vary between Christian denominations.

  5. Excommunication in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    After absolution from excommunication has been given, the judge sends the person absolved to a confessor, that his sin may be remitted; when absolution from censure is given in the confessional, it should always precede sacramental absolution, conformably to the instruction in the Ritual and the very tenor of the formula for sacramental absolution.

  6. Apostolic Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    The officium maius related to the power to grant grace to those who petitioned the Pope in relation to: (1) absolution for breaking the regulations of canon law (2) dispensations to act against Church regulations (3) licenses not to observe ecclesiastical norms regarding the exercise of the Catholic faith and (4) official declarations. The ...

  7. Mortal sin - Wikipedia

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    Such repentance is the primary requisite for forgiveness and absolution. [5] Teaching on absolution from sins is varied somewhat throughout Christian denominations. The teaching for Catholics on the sacrament of confession and the act of contrition for absolution was declared a mandatory catholic belief in the Council of Trent. Confession and ...

  8. Catholic theology - Wikipedia

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    Catholic theology is the understanding of Catholic doctrine or teachings, and results from the studies of theologians. It is based on canonical scripture , and sacred tradition , as interpreted authoritatively by the magisterium of the Catholic Church .

  9. Approbation (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    Approbation, in Catholic canon law, is an act by which a bishop or other legitimate superior grants to an ecclesiastic the actual exercise of his ministry. The necessity of approbation, especially for administering the sacrament of penance , was expressly decreed by the Council of Trent so, except in the case of imminent death, the absolution ...