I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lᴏʀᴅ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.UIM, the phrase “sacrament of penance and reconciliation” is how the Catholic Church describes that particular part of doctrine.
— Psalm 32:5
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
— 1 John 1:9
Then why don’t they phrase it the way it is in the Bible instead giving it a fancy name tied to the Catholic Church? Acknowledging and confessing ones sin and there would be NO problem. BUT the Catholic Church gets all sticky fingered as they are the way to salvation. God gave His Word not a denomination.
Notice in those accounts who the person appealed to. It wasn’t a Roman Catholic priest.
“UIM, the phrase “sacrament of penance and reconciliation” is how the Catholic Church describes that particular part of doctrine.
It is how Rome attempted to change the simple words of God, by inserting someone between the sinner and God... and turning the act of repentance and confession into a sacrament, which Scripture doesn’t do.
There is no such thing as penance taught in Scripture.
There is repentance, which is not the same as penance.