True and false answers are grouped for easy print and study.
TRUE
1. The priest is able to forgive sins using the authority given by Christ to the apostles in John 20:22,23.
4. Prayer and reference to the commands of the Bible and Church are good ways to help remember our sins.
6. True contrition is sorrow from our heart, guided by grace, that makes us hate all sins we have committed.
8. An act of perfect contrition for mortal sin (i.e. confessing in prayer our sin and sorrow to God while thinking about the Passion) preserves our state of grace providing we go to confession as soon as possible.
FALSE
2. If worthily received, penance remits eternal punishment for sins and all temporal punishment due to sin. [Additional penance may be necessary to eliminate temporal punishment]
3. Penance restores sanctifying grace, forgives sins, helps avoid sin, and restores the merits of good works lost in venial [mortal] sin.
5. Perfect contrition for sin is prompted by our fear of God's wrath. - - - [Sorrow for offending God]
7. Imperfect contrition is not sufficient to receive Penance worthily.
9. After an act of perfect contrition following mortal sin, we may receive communion prior to confession.
10. The priest gives absolution for all mortal and venial sins confessed. However, if we forget to confess a mortal sin, we commit the sin of sacrilege and it was a 'bad' confession. - - - [Only purposely omitting a sin is a bad confession]
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