Timeline for Does the Catholic church believe that God really forgives by confession alone?
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| Nov 6, 2015 at 11:18 | comment | added | Matt Gutting | Good point, thanks. Let me see how I can get that in. | |
| Nov 6, 2015 at 7:28 | comment | added | AthanasiusOfAlex | @MattGutting Or said more simply, perfect contrition is the goal of Confession. Its whole purpose is to enable the penitent to repent of his sins out of love for God (perfect contrition) as opposed to the fear of the evil effects of sin (attrition or imperfect contrition). One of the functions of Confession is precisely to complete or fulfill our attrition and help us turn it into perfect contrition, should that be necessary. | |
| Nov 6, 2015 at 7:24 | comment | added | AthanasiusOfAlex | @MattGutting I saw your very thorough answer, and one thing that perhaps could be clearer is that when confession is not possible for some reason, a person can always make an act of perfect contrition (i.e., repent of his sins out of love for God, as opposed to fear of punishment). Perfect contrition forgives our sins even before we receive absolution, although Catholics who have committed mortal sin have the obligation to go to Confession as soon as they can reasonably do so. See the Catechism no. 1452. | |
| Nov 6, 2015 at 5:10 | history | edited | Matt Gutting | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 11, 2014 at 13:53 | comment | added | Matt Gutting | The act of confession is; in which case you've not made a sacramental Confession. As I said in the answer, if you don't have the requisite contrition, and the willingness to do penance and make satisfaction, then the Catholic Church won't confirm that your sins are forgiven. | |
| Sep 11, 2014 at 13:44 | comment | added | Steve | Good attempt to address the issue of committing crimes all week and confessing. Confessing is admittance that you are doing wrong in God's eyes. But if you don't care what God thinks, then the confession means nothing. In that case, confession is merely recital of facts without intention to change. | |
| Sep 11, 2014 at 0:03 | history | edited | user13992 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Jn 20:21 to Jn 20:21-23.
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| Sep 10, 2014 at 21:11 | history | answered | Matt Gutting | CC BY-SA 3.0 |