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To: Salvation

Confessions are between the sinner and God. There is no biblical justification for a middleman.


13 posted on 03/19/2008 11:32:04 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: AlaskaErik

Uhh, except for Jesus calling for it.


15 posted on 03/19/2008 11:43:35 AM PDT by CTK YKC
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To: AlaskaErik
Here are the words of absolution -- perhaps you did not know that the prayer states that God forgives our sisn!

 
enter the Table of Contents of the Catechism of the Catholic Church here
1449 The formula of absolution used in the Latin Church expresses the essential elements of this sacrament: the Father of mercies is the source of all forgiveness. He effects the reconciliation of sinners through the Passover of his Son and the gift of his Spirit, through the prayer and ministry of the Church:
God, the Father of mercies,
through the death and the resurrection of his Son
has reconciled the world to himself
and sent the Holy Spirit among us
for the forgiveness of sins;
through the ministry of the Church
may God give you pardon and peace,
and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.


21 posted on 03/19/2008 10:37:07 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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