[stfassisi]

""The confessional box was a” late innovation, occurring right around the time of the Council of Trent, which paralyzed the Roman Church for over four centuries.""

Nonsense!
The only ones paralyzed were the sinners who did not want to face their sins in front of their Brothers. The ones that did not want to confess their sins learned to fool themselves thinking they could psychologically convince themselves that they could discipline themselves on their own.

Look around! History shows that Sin is out of control

If you were around in the early church you would have had to make open confessions in front of the whole congregation.

Little wonder there was a whole lot less sinning going on amongst Christians during that time period

[ears_to_hear]

What year did one on one confession in a box begin?