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  2. 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]

  3. 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 ...

  4. Confession (religion) - Wikipedia

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    Modern confessional in the Church of the Holy Name, Dunedin, New Zealand.The penitent may kneel on the kneeler or sit in a chair facing the priest (not shown) In Catholic Christian teaching, the Sacrament of Penance is the method by which individuals confess any sins they have committed after their baptism; these sins are then absolved by God through the administration of a priest, who assigns ...

  5. Confessional - Wikipedia

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    A confessional is a box, cabinet, booth, or stall where the priest in some Christian churches sits to hear the confessions of penitents. It is the typical venue for the sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Churches, [1] [2] but similar structures are also used in Anglican churches of an Anglo-Catholic orientation.

  6. 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.

  7. Penance - Wikipedia

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    Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of repentance for sins committed, as well as an alternate name for the Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession. It also plays a part in confession among Anglicans and Methodists, in which it is a rite, [1] [2] as well as among other ...

  8. Sacraments of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Sacrament of Penance (or Reconciliation) is the first of two sacraments of healing. The Catechism of the Catholic Church mentions in the following order and capitalization different names of the sacrament, calling it the sacrament of conversion, Penance, confession, forgiveness and Reconciliation. [44]

  9. Validity and liceity (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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    Confessions in which the priest does not have the faculties to hear confession, yet without good reason pretends to have them, are valid but illicit. The church supplants the faculties leading to validity of the sacrament (canon 144).