Many Protestants question why confession to a priest is not mentioned in the rest of the New Testament. The answer is that, just as Christ gave us the proper form for baptism only once (Matt. 28:19)—and all Christians accept this teaching—so, too, he gave us confession only once. Th...
Lapsed Catholic Has a Confession to Make ??I am a "Catholic," with air quotes. If I can still be counted asCatholic, I'm not a very good...Harvey, Helen Bennett
Your visit up above will show you Paradise, which you have renounced for some empty pleasure, for some sinful thought, or word or act. The displeasure that will arise in your heart at the thought of this loss will be good attrition, or imperfect contrition, and in Confession will suffice ...
Contrition may be either perfect or imperfect. While perfect contrition forgives all sins, it does not relieve us of the obligation to go to confession. The Cat...
Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.2 Timothy 2:3-4Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. / A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who ...
Just plug us in and I know kung fu – I know all of the book of exodus, I know how to love people, I know all the deep spiritual truths of Isaiah, my life is cleaned up and Im a good Christian! Wouldn’t it be great if it was that easy. However God designed it to not be...
Catholic Public Domain VersionIf we claim that we have not sinned, then we make him a liar, and his Word is not in us.New American BibleIf we say, “We have not sinned,” we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.New Revised Standard VersionIf we say that we have not ...
Dear young childless readers, I have a confession to make: the older I get the less I think about not having children. That’s one of the blessings of aging, but it’s making it hard to know what to write about in this blog after nearly 20 years. ...
When defining theology thematically, the risk is that the themes and points of emphasis will be based on a particular theology whether specifically Christian (e.g., Reformed Protestant theology, Liberationist theology, Roman Catholic theology) or not. Thematic definitions inadvertently privilege one ...
comes off like a dude in a romantic comedy trying to convince a girl that he's bad news. And that's sort of what an American orphan named Lenny, who goes on to become Pius XIII at an age that is certainly not old by pope standards, is doing to the Catholic church and even God ...