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by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on April 16th, 2004

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In Catholicism, what sort of "sin" is one supposed to go to confession for?

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  • by Astaroth on April 19th, 2004

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    According to the Roman Catholic Church you are supposed to confess once a week, because you are suppose to go to Church and have communion at least once a week, and for the latter you need to be free-of-sin.

    Sins that you are abliged to confess are many and are clasified in different categories:

    -Sins against commandments (10): like lying, stealing, using God's name in vain, be disrespectful with your parents and so on.
    -Capital or Deadly Sins (7): Gluttony, Wrath, Envy, Sloth, Greed, Pride and Lust.

    The only sins not supposed to be confessed, that you can reconcile with pray are "venial sins", this means:

    -We violate divine law with full or partial knowledge and consent.
    -We disobey an objectively grave precept but due to invincible ignorance we think the obligation is not serious.

    According to John:

    1 Jn 5:16 "There is sin which is mortal … All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal."

    So in conclusion, you are supposed to confess all wrong-doing you are aware of. If you commit a sin without knowledge, or you are not aware for ignorance, you are of course not obliged.

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    • This is wrong. We are required to go to reconcillation at least once a year.

      Ignatius

      by Ignatius on March 20th, 2005

    • you should confess venial sins aswell but it's not that important, anyways you must go atleast once a year but you should go once a month the only time you can't take communion is when you have mortal sin and catholics should always avoid mortal

      tiburon2

      by tiburon2 on August 31st, 2006

    • It also depends if your a Roman Catholic under Vatican II rules (currently in place) or a traditional rite follower.

      Traditional rites included confession every week

      Zenheart

      by Zenheart on November 16th, 2008

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