Listen to the words of absolution attentively. At the end answer: "Amen." Be willing to do the penance as soon as possible. This penance will diminish the temporal punishment due to sins already ...

He sometimes postpones the absolution till the next confession, either for the good of the penitent or for the sake of better preparation -- especially when the person has been a long time from ...

The revised Confession of 1967 of the United Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. is an essentially unhomogenized doctrinal statement. The unrevised C67 was homogeneously neo-orthodox. The ...

New guidelines drawn up by the Professional Conduct of the Clergy, General Synod, show that child abusers will not be granted absolution upon their Confession, unless they tell the police or social ...

A confessional is a booth where Catholic priests hear parishioners' confessions of their sins and grant them absolution, forgiveness, in the name of God. Confession and repentance always take ...

Eastern Orthodox priests ... [hotblock] In the Anglican tradition, confession and absolution is usually done by an entire congregation as part of a eucharistic service, but certain Anglicans ...