[rcofdayton]

You misconstrue my post where I cite Leviticus. Of course animal sacrifices are left in the dustbin of history. The reason I cited that was to demonstrate that the expiation of sin was a public affair. You say that Catholics take Bible citations out of context. Catholics have the same complaint of Protestants. You did not address my other New Testament citations. Those show that Christ authorized his Apostles to forgive sin. Do you deny that? We Catholics are well aware of and believe in the grace of God.

[Resettozero]

Those show that Christ authorized his Apostles to forgive sin.

Yes, as EVERY believer in and follower of only Lord Jesus Christ is urged to do, for everyone's good, as our forgiveness of others is linked to God's forgiveness of us, as we are reminded in the Lord's Prayer.

[PeterPrinciple]

Those show that Christ authorized his Apostles to forgive sin.

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Doesn’t the Lords Prayer say we are ALL to do that? You want to pick one, I pick one. Now what do we do?

[metmom]

The reason I cited that was to demonstrate that the expiation of sin was a public affair.

well, that certainly does not fit with the privacy and anonymity of the confessional booth, nor with the fact that whatever is told a priest in the confessional cannot be revealed, even if a person commits murder.