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Paragraph 1424
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"It is called the sacrament of confession, since the disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential element of this sacrament. In a profound sense it is also a "confession" - acknowledgment and praise - of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man.
It..."
Paragraph 1458
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"Without being strictly necessary, confession of everyday faults (venial sins) is nevertheless strongly recommended by the Church.[59] Indeed the regular confession of our venial sins helps us form our conscience, fight against evil tendencies, let ourselves be healed by Christ..."
Paragraph 1484
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
""Individual, integral confession and absolution remain the only ordinary way for the faithful to reconcile themselves with God and the Church, unless physical or moral impossibility excuses from this kind of confession."[94] There are profound reasons for this. Christ is at work..."
Paragraph 1456
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"Confession to a priest is an essential part of the sacrament of Penance: "All mortal sins of which penitents after a diligent self-examination are conscious must be recounted by them in confession, even if they are most secret and have been committed against the last two..."
Paragraph 1482
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...place in the framework of a communal celebration in which we prepare ourselves together for confession and give thanks together for the forgiveness received. Here, the personal confession of sins and individual absolution are inserted into a liturgy of the word of God with..."
Paragraph 1483
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...necessity recourse may be had to a communal celebration of reconciliation with general confession and general absolution. Grave necessity of this sort can arise when there is imminent danger of death without sufficient time for the priest or priests to hear each penitent's..."
Paragraph 171
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD › WE BELIEVE
"...of Christ's words; it is she who from generation to generation hands on the apostles' confession of faith.[57] As a mother who teaches her children to speak and so to understand and communicate, the Church our Mother teaches us the language of faith in order to introduce..."
Paragraph 185
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS
"...in faith needs a common language of faith, normative for all and uniting all in the same confession of faith."
Paragraph 200
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEA...
"These are the words with which the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed begins. the confession of God's oneness, which has its roots in the divine revelation of the Old Covenant, is inseparable from the profession of God's existence and is equally fundamental. God is unique; there is..."
Paragraph 245
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEA...
"...in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father."[71] By this confession, the Church recognizes the Father as "the source and origin of the whole divinity".[72] But the eternal origin of the Spirit is not unconnected with the Son's origin: "The..."
Paragraph 444
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD
"...before the crucified Christ, "Truly this man was the Son of God",[56] that Christian confession is already heard. Only in the Paschal mystery can the believer give the title "Son of God" its full meaning."
Paragraph 555
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIR...
"For a moment Jesus discloses his divine glory, confirming Peter's confession. He also reveals that he will have to go by the way of the cross at Jerusalem in order to "enter into his glory".[295]
Moses and Elijah had seen God's glory on the Mountain; the Law and the Prophets had..."
Paragraph 601
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WA...
"...that is, as the ransom that would free men from the slavery of sin.[397] Citing a confession of faith that he himself had "received", St. Paul professes that "Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures."[398] In particular Jesus' redemptive death..."
Paragraph 690
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT"
"...contact. In fact there is no part that is not covered by the Holy Spirit. That is why the confession of the Son's Lordship is made in the Holy Spirit by those who receive him, the Spirit coming from all sides to those who approach the Son in faith.[15]"
Paragraph 830
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...him "the fullness of the means of salvation"[308] which he has willed: correct and complete confession of faith, full sacramental life, and ordained ministry in apostolic succession. the Church was, in this fundamental sense, catholic on the day of Pentecost[309] and will..."
Paragraph 1448
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...the man who undergoes conversion through the action of the Holy Spirit: namely, contrition, confession, and satisfaction; on the other, God's action through the intervention of the Church. the Church, who through the bishop and his priests forgives sins in the name of Jesus..."
Paragraph 1452
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...of mortal sins if it includes the firm resolution to have recourse to sacramental confession as soon as possible.[51]"
Paragraph 1455
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"The confession (or disclosure) of sins, even from a simply human point of view, frees us and facilitates our reconciliation with others. Through such an admission man looks squarely at the sins he is guilty of, takes responsibility for them, and thereby opens himself again to..."
Paragraph 1457
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...he has a grave reason for receiving Communion and there is no possibility of going to confession.[57] Children must go to the sacrament of Penance before receiving Holy Communion for the first time.[58]"
Paragraph 1467
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...ministry and the respect due to persons, the Church declares that every priest who hears confessions is bound under very severe penalties to keep absolute secrecy regarding the sins that his penitents have confessed to him. He can make no use of knowledge that confession..."
Paragraph 1480
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
"...to illuminate the conscience and elicit contrition, and an exhortation to repentance; the confession, which acknowledges sins and makes them known to the priest; the imposition and acceptance of a penance; the priest's absolution; a prayer of thanksgiving and praise and..."
Paragraph 1486
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
"...after Baptism is conferred by a particular sacrament called the sacrament of conversion, confession, penance, or reconciliation."
Paragraph 1491
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
"...actions of the penitent and the priest's absolution. the penitent's acts are repentance, confession or disclosure of sins to the priest, and the intention to make reparation and do works of reparation."
Paragraph 1493
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
"...the unconfessed grave sins he remembers after having carefully examined his conscience. the confession of venial faults, without being necessary in itself, is nevertheless strongly recommended by the Church."
Paragraph 1497
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
"Individual and integral confession of grave sins followed by absolution remains the only ordinary means of reconciliation with God and with the Church."