Confession was started by Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, as one of the seven sacraments in which He would dispense grace on His faithful people. It is one of the sacraments that forgives sin; and along with Holy Communion, should be received as frequently as possible, as it is the only normal way in which God has set it up for us to be forgiven for our sins committed after Baptism. The modern form of Confession, private and behind a screen to separate the priest from the penitent and protect the penitent's
anonymity started with the Council of Trent in the sixteenth century.
Confession to a priest goes back to our understanding of Jesus' words to the apostles in John 20:21-23:
"Whose sins you shall forgiven they are forgiven them; whose sins you shall retain they are retained."
Also the teaching of Paul that Christ has given MEN the ministry and word of reconciliation in 2 Cor 5:18-20. Confession of sins by itself is clearly taught in James 5:14-16 and 1 John 1:7-9.
Yes
You go to confession. In a catholic church, there is often a little room where the priest sits and you confess your sins to him.
Roman Catholic AnswerAll Catholics should be going to confession, it is one of the precepts of the Church.
Once a year
The confession of Schlertheim was a list of principals by the Anabapists of Switzerland in 1527. The Roman Catholic Church executed a number of Anabaptists for going against the teachings of the Catholic Church. The main principal was that only adults should be baptised.
One easy answer confession.
No. The Protestant Church began as a division away from Roman Catholic Church in the 14th century. The central ideas of the churches are similar, but the Protestant Church has altered the original Catholic Bible and disagrees with some Catholic ideas, such as confession.
Jesus started the First Church which was the Catholic Church. Martin Luther started the Lutheran Church.
In the Catholic Church, confession at least once a year is required for all members who have reached the age of reason. This is known as the precept of the Church. However, frequent confession is encouraged as a means of spiritual growth and renewal.
When King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church and started the Anglican Church in England, and when Martin Luther broke away from the Catholic Church in Germany. This started the Anglican (Church of England, Episcopalian, Anglo-Catholic, etc.) and Lutheran churches.
Blasphemy can be absolved the same as any other sin.
Roman Catholic AnswerCongratulations. Perhaps you might mention it to the priest in confession.