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Absolutely not, confession is a tribunal of justice where you need a judge. Our judge is Jesus Christ, who has appointed priests to operate here on earth as His ears and mouth. So you absolutely need two people, one a priest of God, and the penitent - and they can not be one and the same person. When a priest goes to confession, and up until the new Code of Canon Law came out in 1983, all priests were required to go to confession at least every other week.
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Can a Catholic priest have a business?
No a Catholic priest cannot have his own business unless it's approved by the Arch-Bishop.
How do protestants forgive there sins?
They cannot, only the blood of Jesus can forgive sin. This is why they put their faith in Jesus Christ and not in their own "good" works.
If you want to become a Catholic and see a priest about converting into that religion would he think badly of you for past sins?
No, the Priest would not think badly of you. I am not sure what the rituals are called for becoming a Catholic, but, there is a learning process you must take and you also must study that religion. I suggest you do a little studying of your own about the Catholic religion before making this decision. Go onto: www.google.com Type in: Becoming a Catholic
Did Jesus forgive Zaceus?
If He didn't, he wouldn't be a perfect sacrifice on the cross and thus had to die for His own sins and not ours.
Is it necessary to have another priest on the other side of the Confessional box when a priest is confessing?
Yes it is necessary. A priest can't "hear" his own confession. Even the Pope has to confess his sins to another priest.
What is the difference between a Catholic chapel and Catholic churc?
a catholic chapel is just a place to pray on your own and its much smaller. But a catholic church is where you pray wit the priest.
If an anointed person have fallen can he be anointed again?
God forgave the sins of all man on the cross through the death of His own son; He can forgive anything man sins against from that day forward.
Is a priest allowed to own a pet dog?
There was a Catholic Chaplain on our military base with a shepard.
Why can a Christian confess their sins to God but a Catholic has to go to a priest to confess their sins?
Christians confess to god, but the catholics to a priest, mainly because he is present..Catholic AnswerCatholics are Christians and all Christians are obligated to confess their sins to a priest as established by Jesus Christ. This is the normal way in which God has set it up to forgive our mortal sins, through His priest. Only God can forgive sin, confession is the matter in which God has chosen to administer that forgiveness. Read John 20: 21-23 "He therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you! As the Father has sent me, I also send you." When he has said this, he breathed on upon them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain; they are retained.Now Christ's mission was to destroy sin, and He gave that same mission to His Apostles. Knowing that their merely human power as men was quite insufficient, He gave them a special communication of the Holy Spirit for this special work.Christ commissioned His Church to teach all nations till the end of the world. The Apostles had to hand on all essential powers to their successors. And the conditions of salvation must be the same for us as for the first Christians. If those subject to the Apostles had to obtain forgiveness from their fellow men, there is no reason why we should be exempt. We share the same privileges as the early Christians and must have the same obligations. Till the Reformation all Christians went to confession. In the 4th century we find St. Ambrose defending Confession by saying that if a man can forgive sin by baptizing, he claims nothing greater when he claims the power to forgive sin through the Sacrament of Penance. That Priests possessed such power was Christian doctrine in his time and is still the doctrine of the Catholic Church. The Greek Church, which broke away from the Catholic Church in the ninth century, has retained this Apostolic practice. Protestantism gave up the practice in the 16th century because it was uncomfortable and mortifying. But once admit such a principle, and one could abolish every uncomfortable commandment of God.as for confessing directly to GodSince it is God who has been offended, God has the right to lay down the conditions for forgiveness. You cannot insist that God must forgive you on your own conditinos. And Christ certainly did not give His Priests power to forgive sin knowing that no one would have to seek forgiveness from Priests at all.from Radio Replies, by Fathers Rumble and Carty, 1942
Can a Catholic priest show anger?
Yes, a Catholic priest can show justified anger. He is only human. Jesus Christ, himself, showed anger, sometimes directed at the Pharisees, sometimes at his own apostles.
Do Catholics believe in lust?
Roman Catholic AnswerCertainly Catholics believe in lust, it is one of the capital sins and has its own paragraphs in the Catechism. They are called "capital" sins because they engender other sins and vices.
What is the daily regime of a Catholic priest?
That question is impossible to answer as each priest has his own, distinct roles and responsibilities. That is like asking 'What is the daily regime of a teenager?'
