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To: murron

Understood. I was just wondering about the concept of priests absolving sins. Could I absolve the sin of a neighbor who believes in Yeshua? I believe when we do sin its an unconscious thought or deed, like, not deliberately going to sin but just happens(?) We Jews believe that sin is in not doing something that exalts G-d when we could have .... in other words, would committing adultery exalt G-d? I don’t think so ....


22 posted on 11/15/2014 3:22:51 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: SkyDancer

No, not just anybody can absolve sins. In the Catholic Church, you have to be an ordained priest. Of course, if you wronged an individual, you should also seek their forgiveness and try to right the wrong or injustice committed against that person and seek their forgiveness to be truly absolved. For instance, if you’ve stolen money from someone, you should make restitution to that person.

As far as a person not consciously committing a sin, my husband and I used to do counseling of women contemplating abortions. There were those who would say that they knew it was wrong but that G-d would forgive them.


28 posted on 11/15/2014 4:02:04 PM PST by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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