In the Catholic Church, how important is absolution? What scriptures support this practise?

Answer 1

There are no scriptures. The pope-pee and his merry mens believe they can wave their hands in Catholic incantations to relieve a dying mens sin. But those mens need to send the pope-pee and his merry mens packing. He needs to face God for forgiveness.

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With more love in Christ

Imnotacatholic2 but truths are like white clouds within the blueness of God's heavenly sky.

Answer 2

The first thing Jesus did after he rose from the dead was to empower his apostles to forgive sins in his name.

Joh 20:19 Now when it was late the same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them: Peace be to you.
Joh 20:20 And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.
Joh 20:21 He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.
Joh 20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Joh 20:23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.

This was a radical departure from the norm, and the most pro-active attack on sin in human history.

In every respect, this new approach was much better than the old "scapegoat" system, and it had the potential of distributing the fruits of Christ's life, death, and resurrection faster and better than any other system ever had before.

In old testament days, people said that only God could forgive sin, but he really didn't, because no one had yet been redeemed by Christ.

As soon as the new testament had been firmly established by Jesus Christ, he changed all the old rules, gave sweeping new powers to the men he had personally trained to establish his church, and he set about making the high purpose for which he had come, a reality.

Here, the risen Jesus once again explains to the apostles, the most important things he came to do:

Luk 24:44 And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me.
Luk 24:45 Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.
Luk 24:46 And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead, the third day:
Luk 24:47 And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luk 24:48 And you are witnesses of these things.

In light of these scriptural insights, and of the first hand experience the apostles obtained at the side of the risen Christ, it's no wonder that the sacrament of reconciliation, which incorporates the absolution of sins, and which was established directly by Jesus, was given the highest possible priority by the Church, not only back then, but right up until the present day.

Jesus died to destroy Satan's power over mankind, and when he rose again from the dead, the FIRST THING he did was to give his apostles the power to forgive sins.

Then he reminded them that the forgiveness of sins was ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS he permitted himself to be crucified.

Then he told them to begin at Jerusalem and to keep going until they had forgiven the sins of the whole world.

How important is absolution?

It was obviously one of the most important things Jesus came to accomplish ... it's not automatic ... it's not a do-it-yourself job ... it requires a certain level of knowledge and expertise (that's why Jesus anointed them with the Spirit) ... it is to be administered only by one who has been given the power and authority to do so by God ... and it's necessary for everyone.

Anyone who denies this and still claims to be a Bible believing Christian is either a liar or a fool ... possibly both.

Answer 3

Simple- Jesus told His disciples that what they bound on earth would be bound in heaven, and what they loosed on earth would be loosed in heaven.

Scripture also supports the confession of sins.

BY THE WAY- We are ALL sinners. The Sacraments are worked through the priest, regardless of the state of his soul.

NOTE_- In confession, we do NOT confess to the priest- we confess to GOD. The priest is there as a physical presence to us. I have made Confessions where the priest said things to me he could NEVER have known...no matter how much psychology he had....unless he was guided by the Holy Spirit to say those things to me. It really is an amazing experience!

Answer 4

All of your other answers are already better than this and I am not going to include a scripture reference as other folks already did. I say what is important about it is that we can be honest about who we are and what we do. If I go fishing with one Baptist or Pentecostal I have to bring more beer than if I went fishing with two. We are not forced to live impossible puritanical lifestyles to remain in our faith and are allowed to openly admit our flaws. We have nothing to hide. Contrary to fundamentalist fiction , this does not give us free license to sin at will without regret as that is the opposite of sincere repentance. Even according to their own teachings we all have sinned and fallen short of God's glory, yet none of us fall short of God's Love and Mercy if we simply request it. I like it because it leads to a greater level of honesty. BTW drinking ( if we are not stupid about it) is not against our religion. The first recorded miracle of Christ is when He turned water into wine so a party could continue and He did it because His Mother Mary asked Him to. That is not hard to explain to one fundamentalist in a fishing boat but is impossible to tell two of them together.

Answer 5

Is general absolution effective? Not according to the Bible. It says nothing in favor of such a rite and does not instruct Christians to make confession to a priest. Also, there is nothing in the Bible to indicate that any imperfect individual can grant absolution from sins. Though Christians needing spiritual assistance are encouraged to seek aid from congregational elders, Jehovah God alone can pardon error. (Jas. 5:13-15) So, King David said to God: “My sin I finally confessed to you . . . And you yourself pardoned the error of my sins.”—Ps. 32:1-5.

Answer 6

I am Catholic but the church really worries me Dad never went to confession so never got absolution I went to confession one time & had to say the rosary for absolution Dad went totally nuts yelling at the priest All this absolution confession thing is total garbage & most people know it

Answer 7

We should go to confession at least once a month or when required, otherwise we will loose sense of sin and will think of ourselves to be saints.

John 20:21 He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.
22 When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.

God Bless You

Answer 8

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01061a.htm

Here's a nifty link. I'm not much on the literature. I just know it works. There is no cleaner feeling on Earth than coming out of that tiny room purified from the dregs of the world that clings to one.

Answer 9

Confessing to a priest does nothing.

Confess to those you have sinned against and more than anything repent of your sins and don't repeat the mistake.

Pray to God for forgiveness.

Answer 10

1 John 1:7-10.
We must say our sins before man, and confess them before God. see also James 5:16.