SACRAMENTS / PENANCE
Sacrament of Penance (Reconciliation)
Summary
The Sacrament of Penance is the ordinary means by which the baptized who have fallen into sin after Baptism receive God's forgiveness through contrition, confession, absolution, and satisfaction.
The exact theological classification and certainty vocabulary are provisional and require qualified theological review.
Sources
CCC 1446
Christ instituted the sacrament for conversion after Baptism.
CCC 1456
Confession of sins to a priest.
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Notes
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Provenance
- Review state
- DRAFT — THEOLOGICAL REVIEW PENDING
- Reviewer
- Not yet assigned
- Review date
- Pending
- Canonical file
- context/sacraments/penance/reconciliation.yaml ↗
- Revision history
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