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Can a person be forgiven outside of confession? (Catholic)
As a follow up to this question I'd like to ask if a person, whether Catholic or non-Catholic, can obtain God's forgiveness outside of the sacrament of confession.
I would imagine Protestants would ...
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How do Lutherans have their sin forgiven?
If a Lutherans sins, how is his sin forgiven?
Must he confess?
Is there a distinction between venial and mortal sin?
What if he sins again the same sin?
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What is the Biblical basis for "God's already forgiven you" teaching?
I have recently heard many preachers and teachers, in particular Joel Osteen and Joseph Prince, say things like, "God has already forgiven you. All you have to do is accept God's free gift of ...
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Does the Catholic church believe that God really forgives by confession alone?
My question is does the Catholic Church hold that God forgives every crime by confession alone?
If so I could commit crimes from Monday to Saturday and then go and confess to a priest on Sunday - ...
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What is the Protestant view of John 20:23 and the disciples ability to forgive sins?
Besides the Anglican Church (as far as I'm aware) no Protestant Church practices confession.
John 20:23 (ESV) says:
23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold ...
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Do I have to disclose my private life to a stranger?
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another,
that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great
power as it is working. (James 5:16, ESV)
If I did ...
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How do Protestants Receive forgiveness for post-Baptismal Sins?
Several questions have dealt with Protestants' rejection of the Catholic sacrament of confession. This question seeks information about how Protestants receive forgiveness or absolution.
At baptism, ...
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Lords Prayer. Asking for Forgiveness
For those who beleive in the doctrine of Once Saved Always Saved (OSAS). How does one reconcile our need to not only confess our sins, but to ask God for forgiveness for those sins?
Forgive us ...
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What are priests actually doing during confession in regards to forgiveness? [duplicate]
So I had a few debates with people who didn't like the catholic church.
One of their reasons was, that priests would take on the role of God, by "forgiving" the sin.
Now I am not a catholic ...
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According to Catholicism, if we sin and become repentant will our sins be forgiven too like St. Peter?
At the catechism class we learned that as Peter was repentant after betraying Jesus his sin was forgiven.
If we sin, become repentant and do confessions will our sins be forgiven too? Or do we have to ...
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