I won't argue this with you.John 20:21-23- “Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so I send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.”
The words of Our Lord in John 20:23 naturally and plainly signify the power given to men to forgive (or not forgive) sins. In order to determine which sins to forgive and which sins to retain (not forgive) the confessions of sin must be heard. The Sacrament of Penance was instituted by Jesus Christ as is clearly expressed in the above verse.
The Catholic Church teaches that the sacramental absolution of the priest is not an empty service of pronouncing and declaring the penitent's sins to be forgiven. Rather, the absolution of the priest is a judicial act.
I posted what the CCC says. How could it be a judicial act?
It's only judicial in that the priest can know if the penitent is sorry or not.
The pharisees were mad at Jesus for forgiving the paralytic man of his sins because only God can forgive sin...but, of course, Jesus was God.
Mark 2:7
I don't have a problem with confession; it's good for those it helps...I just believe it's wrong to say that the priest if forgiving the sin and not God.
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