Why do Catholics Confess Their Sins to a Priest?! (w/ Dr. James Prothro)
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2024
- In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Dr. James Prothro to talk about the historical and biblical roots of the Catholic Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Where does the idea of the Sacraments come from? Where do we see the roots of repentance, reconciliation, and forgiveness in the Old Testament? What about penance? And how do these historical roots connect to how Catholics practice the Sacrament of Reconciliation - commonly called Confession - today.
Dr. Prothro gives a through treatment of this incredibly important sacrament linking it all the way back to the Garden of Eden and the beginning of mankind and explaining - all the way to today - why confessing our sins to a priest is one of the greatest gifts God gave his followers, and mankind.
For more from Dr. Prothro you can follow him on Twitter and his published material on Academia.
Check out his book The Bible and Reconciliation: Confession, Repentance, and Restoration from Baker Academic here:
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He also recommended The Sacrament of Reconciliation by Dr. Robert Fastiggi and the following Scriptures, for context: 2 Corinthians 5-6 and the Gospel of Luke (focusing on the Parable of the Prodigal Son).
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That makes so much sense regarding Adam & God! I just had my fourth confession this past [1st] Saturday. Such a gift to be granted sanctified grace and forgiveness of sins. I converted 8 months ago. It’s such a precious gift 💝
Praise be to God!
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Yes, I converted on May 20 last year after being Protestant for over 47 years. I have made my fourth confession on Palm Sunday. What a gift it is! Sin separates you from God, I was wandering the desert many years in sin. The Church, Eucharist, and Reconciliation brought me to the Catholic Church Jesus established. It took years of reading the bible, apologist books, Church fathers, YTube, and prayer. Dr. James Prothro👍👍 Thank You, Cordial Catholic
Welcome home!
I just learned so much more about our beautiful Sacrament of Reconciliation than I've ever known before! When I listen and read from our wonderful teachers of the faith, I realize how deeply our faith is rooted in God, the Bible and the early history of the Church hidden in the Old Testament. Thank you for this presentation from Dr Prothro. I will be ordering his book today.
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for saying so!
I remember during our process of coming into the church, my wife and I got to the point of laughing every time a Catholic doctrine would be explained. It would always start in Genesis. Love how the sacraments stretch across the Bible from cover to cover!
Indeed!
Oh Cordial One… you have had great guests over the ages.. but this one is exceptional. Ordering his book asap. Thanks very much.
Wonderful! Thanks for your kind words!
There was a newly ordained bishop in 1950. He was told he had a rouge priest in a village 20miles away he was now responsible for. The Priest would go to the saloon every Friday nite and drink too much and talk bad about the pope too much. So Friday nite came along and he told his secretary to drive him to the saloon. He sent the secretary in and told him to bring him the priest. So he did. They got in the car and drove to the priests home. The bishop had the driver wait and the bishop went into the house to have a talk with the rouge priest. He found a chair and asked the priest to have a seat. The priest thought he was in deep trouble. Instead the bishop kneeled down and said he would like to make his confession.
When he was done the priest gave him
Absolution. The bishop stood up and said “never forget who you are.”
And he left. The bishops name was
Angelo Roncalli
I loved hearing this topic, which is so often difficult to explain. Please have more with this guest he was very clear in his explanations.
Will do! Thanks for saying so!
The last 5 or so minutes of this...!!! Never thought about the next day after the feast put on for the return of the prodigal.
Dear Cordial Catholic.
Thank you so much for your work. It is more helpful than you can imagine. You are truly cordial (which is rare on UA-cam and nevertheless truly important to be) God bless you and keep it going…
And thank you Dr. James Prothro. Brilliant episode.
Wow, thank you for your kind words. God bless!
So excited for this video.
Thank you,
You are so welcome!
It's my first time seeing your face sir after discovering you on podcast 😅 great episode 💯
I have so many questions… 😂
Outstanding and deep! I am very grateful.
Thanks for saying so!
@@TheCordialCatholic You are very welcome. It was seriously good and I have added his book to my wish list.
Thank you for your wonderful videos God bless! ❤
I Love your podcasts ,You really do a great job great guests.
The Catholic faith is so cool
This is a great explanation and teaching on confession. I have a question. Why do pastors from Calvary Chapel churches in California teach their attendants to look at Catholics in a hateful way? They teach that the CC is the church of Satan, and that Satan is doing work through the CC. If there is deeper BIBLICAL learning, why don't those pastors learn this and know this? Aren't they keeping people from learning the fullness of the faith? And let's say that they do not want to learn these deeper teachings, why are they so resistant? Are they afraid, or are they like the people of Korah...resisting? I have felt the hate and fear as they have tried to evangelize me. I hear all their errors and feel sad for them and that they are taught false things.
Thank you so much for having Dr. Prothro on. He was a wealth of knowledge. Such a great guest! Thank you for all that you do! God bless you both!
Glad you enjoyed it, and I agree. Thanks for watching!
After hearing my confession, my Pastor always says- "Keep turning back to the LORD."
God bless him and you and your channel. Always great guests and conversations.
The very first Christians, who were taught by the apostles themselves, believed that this authority was passed down. Read Igantius of Antioch, for example, writing in the early 100’s.
Recently read Dr. Prothro's book. Fantastic
It’s excellent!
@@TheCordialCatholic indeed it is and helpful and clarifying. One issue I find with discussing the Catholic faith with non-catholics, is that people from certain Christian traditions tend to want a quick one-line answer. They offer quick one-line answers to justify their position, but I don't see that as easy for the Catholic to do. I tend to think in analogies, and to me it is like somebody drawing a stick figure in 3 seconds flat and claiming it is their portrait. Well, it certainly has the basic outline of a human being, but It is not accurate or detailed in any way. The Catholic position is more akin to an artist's rendering, rather than a child's stick figure
Your stick figure analogy is great, makes total sense. I'm going to borrow it when having these complex conversations.
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Truth!
Thanks bro,for bringing truth to people 😀
Thanks for watching!
I think the key here is to profess the love and mercy that God has asked. Confession in the church is to reconcile yourself with your neighbor through the church with a representative of Christ (the priest). Paul clearly said in his epistles that they were ambassadors for Christ and that they would in his name forgive your sins through the ministry of reconciliation.
This satisfies the request Jesus made in multiple parables and words to the apostles to reconcile with each other … and if you are not able to truly forgive or to let go to take it to the church … otherwise you would face judgement for sin debt commensurate with the way you judged others for their transgressions against you.
You could leave it to Jesus and his judgement. But Jesus has said you can have his ambassadors (priests) forgive you those sins m, assign a penance and you have fully reconciled those sins on earth and that Jesus will not pass judgment for those sins.
Matt Fradd lost his accent lol
Please note that we are taught to confess our sins to one another (James 5:16). The Apostles received power over sin from Christ ( Matthew 16:19, 18:18, John 20:23). They handed it on to their successors. Paul forgave sins IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST and with the authority of Christ (2 Corinthians 2:10). Paul had a ministry of reconciliation to Christians urging them to be reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:20 and following). Orthodox and Catholic priests received this teaching directly from the Apostles and have practiced it continuously since 33 AD. NOTE: 500 years ago, "MAN" who is fatally flawed by his ego, decided that these BIBLE verses no longer apply. Can you be Christian if you DENY any part of the bible?
Don't forget the Oriental Orthodox Christian priests.
Well its not biblical so why do they? Why don't they have a personal relationship with Jesus? Why confess your sins to a sinner? Doesn't make any sense.
You have been taught wrongly. Catholics and Orthodox have an INFINITELY more personal relationship with Christ than all Protestants together. We eat His Flesh and drink His Blood + everything you have. Do you not desire more of Christ? Really? You want jusssssssst enough to be saved? What if it's NOT enough?
Please note that we are taught to confess our sins to one another (James 5:16). The Apostles received power over sin from Christ ( Matthew 16:19, 18:18, John 20:23). They handed it on to their successors. Paul forgave sins IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST and with the authority of Christ (2 Corinthians 2:10). Paul had a ministry of reconciliation to Christians urging them to be reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:20 and following). Orthodox and Catholic priests received this teaching directly from the Apostles and have practiced it continuously since 33 AD. NOTE: 500 years ago, "MAN" who is fatally flawed by his ego, decided that these BIBLE verses no longer apply. Can you be Christian if you DENY any part of the bible?
Mauro Biglino translated some of the oldest known writings for the Catholic Church, until they did not like what he was discovering. And they were not about having to confess your sins in this man-made religion.
Nonsense.
Please note that we are taught to confess our sins to one another (James 5:16). The Apostles received power over sin from Christ ( Matthew 16:19, 18:18, John 20:23). They handed it on to their successors. Paul forgave sins IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST and with the authority of Christ (2 Corinthians 2:10). Paul had a ministry of reconciliation to Christians urging them to be reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:20 and following). Orthodox and Catholic priests received this teaching directly from the Apostles and have practiced it continuously since 33 AD. NOTE: 500 years ago, "MAN" who is fatally flawed by his ego, decided that these BIBLE verses no longer apply. Can you be Christian if you DENY any part of the bible?
Only God can forgive sin unless you pagan and going to hell
Confessing you sins to a sinner does no good for only God can heat your sins and he knows if it comes from the heart
Jesus is our high priest.
The concept of confession of sin to a priest is nowhere taught in Scripture. First, the New Testament does not teach that there are to be priests in the New Covenant. Instead, the New Testament teaches that all believers are priests.!
Ephesians 2:14-22 KJV For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21. In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22. In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
The Bible says to confess our sins to one another and then Jesus gives the apostles the authority to forgive sin. The apostles where sinners but Jesus still told them that whatever sins they forgive shall be forgiven, whatever sins you retain shall be retained. Obviously its still Christ forgiving the sin but he uses his priesthood(successors of the apostles) as instruments to do so. So it is Biblical. Christianity is not something new that came up 2000 years ago, it's the continuation and fullness of Judiasm with Jesus Christ at the center. So there are still a lot of things that carry over . Christianity is rooted in second temple Judiasm thats where its initial phase was and where the very first Christians went to until the temple was destroyed in 70 AD.
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O!NY God can forgive sins but those that are doomed to die say otherwise.
Romans 6:23 KJV For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 KJV In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
1 Peter 4:17-19 KJV For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18. And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19. Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
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1 John 1:5-2:6 KJV This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1. My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 3. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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King David confessed his sins to God and with songs that all could hear.
And King David was the only one God said was a man after his own heart!
Have you ever studied the old testament where it all began but the mystery of the lamb of God was their but veiled!
@@richardjackson7887 "Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan replied, “Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won't die for this sin. Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD by doing this, your child will die." 2 Samuel 12:13-14. 🙃
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