Where in the bible does it say you have to go into a closet and confess your sins to a priest?

Answer 1

It doesn't. The Catholic Church says you do.

"In the Bible there are no popes or priests to rule over the church. Jesus Christ is our High Priest (Heb. 3:1; 4:14-15; 5:5; 8:1; 9:11), and all true Christians make up a spiritual priesthood (I Pet. 2:5). Jesus Christ has sanctified all Christians who believe on Him (Heb. 10:10-11), so all priests today are unnecessary and unscriptural. Furthermore, the practice of calling a priest "father" is forbidden by Jesus Christ in Matthew 23:9. There is only ONE mediator between God and men (I Tim. 2:5).

The Catholic church teaches that Peter was the first Pope and the earthly head of the church, but the Bible never says this once. In fact, it was Peter himself who spoke against "being lords over God's heritage" in I Peter 5:3. Popes do not marry, although Peter did (Mat. 8:14; I Cor. 9:5). The Bible never speaks of Peter being in Rome, and it was Paul, not Peter, who wrote the epistle to the Romans. In the New Testament, Paul wrote 100 chapters with 2,325 verses, while Peter wrote only 8 chapters with 166 verses. In Peter's first epistle he stated that he was simply "an apostle of Jesus Christ," not a Pope (I Pet. 1:1). The Roman papacy and priesthood is just a huge fraud to keep members in bondage to a corrupt pagan church."

Answer 2

In John 20: 21-23, Jesus is seen giving power and authority by means of the Holy Spirit to his disciples to retain or forgive sins. In order for the priest to forgive or retains sins, we must confess to him.

Confession is not done in a closet. usually, it is done face to face in a comfortable room with a couple of easy chairs.

Answer 3

The Catholic Church isn't based on the bible,the bible is based on the Catholic Church !

"thou art Peter and upon this rock I shall build my church"
Peter the chief of Apostles,the Catholic Church's first Pope !

...was handed the "keys," Authority over his church.

"whatever you shall bind,shall be bound in heaven,"
"whatever you shall loose shall be loosed in heaven"

study the constitution of the Catholic Church !How things are done given the authority from high.

the "closet" you refer to is a confessional.

"not all that was said and done by christ was written,but passed down by tradition and word of mouth," St. Paul; then again,you might not have that verse in your watered down version ?

That is the sole reason the Church didn't want to compile the bible because of misuse and misinterpretation,not to mention the division within the fold of christianity due to self preference.

I don't read the bible as it is not necessary for salvation !

Some actually believe the seven days refered to in GENESIS were 24 hour days...LOL

I'll explain another time

God bless

Answer 4

Nowhere! In fact, scripture tells us to call no spiritual leader Father or Priest, since God is our Father and Jesus is our high priest. (Mathew 23:9). Only God can forgive sin; and we can only achieve God's forgiveness through Christ.

Answer 5

Somewhere in Mathew. Jesus was calling the priests hypocrits because they prayed in public and sinned in private. But it doesn't say confess to a priest, only to God.

Answer 6

John 20:22

whatever sins you forgive they are forgiven.

Answer 7

It doesn't. The Bible clearly says to confess your sins only to God.

Answer 8

you're honestly loose and sparkling to bypass on to God as you spot in good structure. yet, this does no longer invalidate the Catholic practice of dealing with Saints and clergymen. it truly is in simple terms as suitable to ask others to wish for you, to intercede on your behalf, and that is what prayer to Saints is all about. in case you examine the prayers to Mary and others you'll stumble on it asks them to intercede for us in a reason. The Catholic Church acknowledges 3 positions of Christian, you spot, and that all of them have their roles to play. The Church Militant is the residing Christians on earth, who would pray for an extra. The Church victorious is the Christians who're already in Heaven, and they'd pray for you besides. Mary, being Christ's mom, is fairly favourite because He in no way once denied her petitions. He don't have, on condition that He faithfully honored His mom because the regulation commanded. hence, asking Mary to intercede for you is an significant prayer. The 0.33 position of Christians is the Church suffering (in Purgatory). i'm no longer effective in the experience that they could pray for us, yet we may be able to honestly pray for them, as can the Saints. clergymen were given the authority to "bind and loose" on earth and in heaven by Christ, Himself. He gave Peter the keys to the dominion, it truly is why the emblem of keys nevertheless seems in Catholic paintings.

Answer 9

1st of all, the "closet" was used for privacy. Today, few booths are used, and it is usually a face-to-face confession.

2nd, We need to refer to Christ’s words to his apostles (John 20:2l–22), "Whose sins you shall forgive they are forgiven," and the significance of his having breathed upon them as he spoke. How can the apostles announce that some sins are to be forgiven and some "retained" if they do not know what people’s sins are? How would forgiveness work if no sins were mentioned?

The Catholic Church takes the biblical teaching that the apostle is one who is "sent out" by God and through whom God speaks (2 Cor. 5:20) with the message, "Be reconciled to God." The words that are used by the Church in absolution are centered in Scripture, which speaks of Christ "reconciling the world to himself" (2 Cor. 5:18). In the epistle of James we are told "confess your faults to one another" (Jas. 5:16), and in context this refers to confession to the clergy

Furthermore, if at conversion we were forgiven all sins, past, present, and future, it would make no sense for Christ to require us to pray, "And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors," which he explained is required because "if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" (Matt. 6:12–15).

"Let it be known to you therefore, brethren, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him every one that believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses" (Acts 13:38–39

Further, early Christians wrote heavily on the topic.

The Didache
Confess your sins in church, and do not go up to your prayer with an evil conscience. This is the way of life. . . . On the Lord's Day gather together, break bread, and give thanks, after confessing your transgressions so that your sacrifice may be pure. (Didache 4:14, 14:1 [A.D. 70])


The Letter of Barnabas
You shall judge righteously. You shall not make a schism, but you shall pacify those that contend by bringing them together. You shall confess your sins. You shall not go to prayer with an evil conscience. This is the way of light. (Letter of Barnabas 19 [A.D. 74])

Ignatius of Antioch
For as many as are of God and of Jesus Christ are also with the bishop. And as many as shall, in the exercise of penance, return into the unity of the Church, these, too, shall belong to God, that they may live according to Jesus Christ. (Letter to the Philadelphians 3 [A.D. 110])

John Chrysostom
Priests have received a power which God has given neither to angels nor to archangels. It was said to them: "Whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose, shall be loosed." Temporal rulers have indeed the power of binding; but they can only bind the body. Priests, in contrast, can bind with a bond which pertains to the soul itself and transcends the very heavens. Did [God] not give them all the powers of heaven? "Whose sins you shall forgive," he says, "they are forgiven them; whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." What greater power is there than this? The Father has given all judgment to the Son. And now I see the Son placing all this power in the hands of men [Matt. 10:40; John 20:21-23]. They are raised to this dignity as if they were already gathered up to heaven. (The Priesthood 3:5 [A.D. 387])


I hope these answers help you in your quest for information. Thank you and God Bless.

Answer 10

It was devised only by Catholic Church. No any man has power to forgive sins of others.

When you tell any one about your crime, you actually creat a witness against yourself. On the Day of Judgment if you deny of doing a crime that you really did, the person whom you tell will be witness against you. He will be more fearful of God than that person to get mad at you.