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  2. Sacraments of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    For a valid marriage, a man and a woman must express their conscious and free consent to a definitive self-giving to the other, excluding none of the essential properties and aims of marriage. If one of the two is a non-Catholic Christian, their marriage is licit only if the permission of the competent authority of the Catholic Church is obtained.

  3. Penitential Act - Wikipedia

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    The Penitential Act (capitalized in the Roman Missal) is a Christian form of general confession of sinfulness that normally takes place at the beginning of the celebration of Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholicism, as well as in Lutheranism. [1] In Anglicanism, it is said as part of the Eucharist, but it is not considered an official ...

  4. General Confession - Wikipedia

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    In Anglicanism, the "General Confession" is the act of contrition in Thomas Cranmer's 1548 order of Communion and later in the Book of Common Prayer. [2]In Methodism, the General Confession is the same act of contrition in The Sunday Service of the Methodists and Methodist liturgical texts descended from it.

  5. Glossary of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church. Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.

  6. Seal of confession in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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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]

  7. Confession (religion) - Wikipedia

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    In Roman Catholic settings, the traditional style of confessional allows the priest, seated in the center, to hear from penitents on alternating sides. A confessional in Colombia Pilgrims queueing to confess at Međugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Confession, in many religions, is the acknowledgment of sinful thoughts and actions. This may occur ...

  8. Category:Confession (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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  9. Confessional - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic Church, confessions are only to be heard in a confessional or oratory, except for a just reason. [ 3 ] The confessional is usually a wooden structure, with a centre compartment—entered through a door or curtain—where the priest sits, and on each side there is a latticed opening for the penitents to speak through and a step ...