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  2. Sacrament of Penance - Wikipedia

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    Canon law requires confession along with purpose of amendment and absolution from the priest for all grave sins for reconciliation with God and with the Catholic Church, except in danger of death. [38] Especially in the West, the penitent may choose to confess in a specially constructed confessional. Since the Second Vatican Council, besides ...

  3. Confession (Lutheran Church) - Wikipedia

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    "Private Absolution ought to be retained in the churches, although in confession an enumeration of all sins is not necessary." —Augsburg Confession, Article 11 In the Lutheran Church, Confession (also called Holy Absolution) is the method given by Christ to the Church by which individual men and women may receive the forgiveness of sins; according to the Large Catechism, the "third sacrament ...

  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. Penance - Wikipedia

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    A 17th-century depiction of one of the 28 articles of the Augsburg Confession by Wenceslas Hollar, which divides repentance into two parts: "One is contrition, that is, terrors smiting the conscience through the knowledge of sin; the other is faith, which is born of the Gospel, or of absolution, and believes that for Christ's sake, sins are forgiven, comforts the conscience, and delivers it ...

  6. Confession (religion) - Wikipedia

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    The form of absolution provided in the order for the Visitation of the Sick reads, "Our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences: And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, In the Name of the Father ...

  7. Augsburg Confession - Wikipedia

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    Private absolution should remain in the church, though a believer does not need to enumerate all of his sins as it is impossible for a man to enumerate all of the sins for which he should be forgiven. XII Of Repentance Repentance comes in two parts: in contrition for sins committed according to the Law and through faith offered through the ...

  8. Seal of the Confessional (Lutheran Church) - Wikipedia

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    The pastor is pledged not to tell anyone else of sins to him in private confession, for those sins have been removed. [ 3 ] In regard to individual confession and forgiveness, Evangelical Lutheran Worship , the current service book of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America states, "There is a confidential nature to this order, in keeping ...

  9. Seal of confession in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Even where the seal of confession does not strictly apply – where there is no specific serious sin confessed for the purpose of receiving absolution – priests have a serious obligation not to cause scandal [further explanation needed] by the way they speak. [2]