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What can priest do?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe priest can administer the sacraments and confect the Eucharist through the power and authority given him at his ordination, he can also forgive our sins through the sacrament of penance. In other words, he brings God to people and people to God.
Did Jesus share his authority to forgive sins with his apostles?
No. The Bible says God can forgive sins not men and Jesus didn't give this authority to believers.
Why is it important to confess your sins to a priest?
One does not confess sins to a priest but through a priest. The priest acts as Christ's agent and you are actually confessing to Christ himself. When Jesus said to his disciples "who's sins you shall forgive they are forgiven, who's sins you shall retain they are retained" he instituted the sacrament of reconciliation (confession), the authority to do this has been passed down through the apostolic Catholic priesthood for 2,000 years to the present day. By not confessing through a priest you will not be receiving sanctifying grace from God..Catholic AnswerIt is important to confess your sins to a priest in the sacrament of confession because this is how God set it up for you to be absolved from your sins and to receive sanctifying grace in order to sin no more. In other words, we do it because God told us to.
Who do you need to tell your sins to in a Roman Catholic ritual of confession?
In the Roman Catholic sacrament of confession, you confess your sins to a priest.
Why must you confess your sins by mouth?
Roman Catholic answerThe priest is sitting in for God. God has provided you a priest so that he may hear your confession, and judge you. Then the priest imparts God's absolution to you. He must actually hear, in person, your sins in order to forgive them. If you do not articulate all of your sins, then none of them are forgiven and you have committed the sin of sacrilege on top of it!
What is involved in the catholic reconciliation process?
Before you go to confession, you must examine your conscience and pray for q good confession. Then you sit before the priest and confess your sins, mortal and venial. He will "forgive your sins" and give you penance (usually prayers). End.
Why confess to priest instead of Jesus?
The Catholic religion requires that mortal sins be confessed to a priest, as he has the authority to forgive sins. Protestants confess directly to God/Jesus.Roman Catholic AnswerBy confessing to a priest, you are confessing to Jesus. The priest is the priest of God, an "alter Christus". He stands in as God's ears and tongue. God works with us on our level through our senses. He told us to confess our sins, and He gave us priest to confess to. The passage below is from The One Minute Apologist:Those who deny as unbiblical the forgiveness of sins by God through priests must somehow account for the many biblical passages indicating confession to another human being of higher spiritual authority. For example: "They were baptized by him [John the baptist] in the river Jordan, confessing their sins"; Many also of those who were now believers came [to St. Paul] confessing and divulging their practices."The disciples (models for the later priesthood), had the power to "bind and loose": rabbinic terms for responsibilities which included hearing confession and dispensing forgiveness as God's representative ("loosing"), or, on the other hand, handing out penances ("binding").Matthew 18:18: "Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."John 20:23: "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."2 Corinthians 2:10: "Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ."Why can't we just go straight to God to confess?" In many instances, according to Catholic teaching, we can. We are ordinarily required to confess to a priest only in cases of grave, mortal sin (though it is highly encouraged for lesser sins). But the first reason we also go to the priest is because this is a biblical teaching, as seen in the passages above.from The One-Minute Apologist, by Dave ArmstrongBy the way, it is not the priest's personal "power" that forgives sins. The priest is just that a priest of God Almighty, the power that forgives sins is God who works through His priest.
Do priests have the right to forgive sins?
NoA Catholic Answer (Catholics in union with the Pope)Catholics believe Jesus Christ has the power to forgive sins, and that this power He gave to His followers and commissioned them to forgive sins, when He said to the Twelve: "'Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.' And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.'" (John 20:21-23) Catholics priests are ordained in a line of succession that dates back to the Apostles.A non Catholic answerAccording to the Bible sin can only be forgiven by God. This forgiveness is based on the death of Jesus Christ being an all sufficient sacrifice for sin.A non believer can confess their sin to God and they then enter a new relation ship with God.Eph 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His graceA believer can confess their (ongoing) sin directly to God, nobody else - priest pastor bishop etc - has the authority to forgive sin.1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Can the church forgive any sin because of Jesus?
No church can forgive sin. No vicar, priest or whoever can forgive sin unless that sin was committed against that person. When one sins against God then only He can forgive.
What is used in the sacrament of reconciliation?
When you confess your sins to a priest, all of your sins are forgiven and you basically start of with a clean slate. It is the stepping stone needed for all other Sacraments other than Baptism.
When did Jesus give the apostles the power to forgive sins?
Jesus gave the Apostle the power to heal and not the power to forgive sins. Because if the Apostles can forgive sins, what would be the significance of Jesus dying on the cross?
What is the sacrament for forgiveness?
I am assuming you're refering to the Roman Catholic sacrament of forgiveness. The usual Biblical reference given is that of Matthew 17:18 - "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." - and John 20:22 - "If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven." This shows that the disciples had Jesus' authority to forgive sins. The RC church believes it has the authority, passed down from the first bishop (St Peter) by laying on of hands, down to the current generation of Priests, to forgive sins in Jesus' name. Note that this is not them themselves having the power, but the power is given from Jesus.
