The History of the ConfessionalHarper, 1850 - 331 pages |
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absolution absolve thee according Almighty apostles Augustin auricular confession autem authority baptism bishop brethren canons Catechism of Trent century Christian Church of England Church of Rome clergy committed communion Confessional confessor Confiteor conscience contrition Council of Trent crimes cùm Deus discipline divine doctrine Doway Bible Ecclesia enim etiam Eucharist evil exercise faith fast fathers fession follows forgive forgiven heart heaven holy iniquities Jesuits Jesus Christ judgment justice Latin Vulgate loose Lord manifest ment mercy nisi Note Novatians offenses papal pardon peccata peccatorum peccatum penance pénitence pœnitentiam prayer presbyter priest priestly public penitence punishment qu'il quæ quia quod remission of sins remit repentance Roman Roman Catechism sacerdotal sacrament sacrament of penance saints saith satisfaction Scriptures secret sinner sorrow soul Spirit sunt tence Tertullian testimony things thou thy sins tion tism true unto words
Popular passages
Page 71 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 78 - Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Page 243 - I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.
Page 77 - Have mercy on. me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Page 239 - I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation ; and I do solemnly engage to conform to the doctrines and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
Page 67 - Is any sick among you? Let him call for the Elders of the Church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Name of the LORD : and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the LORD shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Page 69 - And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 34 - God's mercy, and with a quiet conscience ; therefore if there be any of you, who by this means cannot quiet his own conscience herein, but requireth further comfort or counsel, let him come to me, or to some other discreet and learned Minister of God's Word, and open his grief; that by the ministry of God's holy Word he may receive the benefit of absolution, together with ghostly counsel and advice, to the quieting of his conscience, and avoiding of all scruple and doubtfulness.
Page 239 - WILL you then give your faithful diligence always so to minister the Doctrine and Sacraments, and the Discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, and as this Church and Realm hath received the same...
Page 17 - I have acknowledged my sin to thee; and my injustice I have not concealed. I said, I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord ; and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin.