True or False?
Reference: Baltimore Catechism Lessons 29-33
The Sacrament of Penance/Confession

The Sacrament of Penance/Confession is vital in the life of a Christian. Find out how much you know about it...

1. The priest is able to forgive sins using the authority given by Christ to the apostles in John 20:22,23.
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2. If worthily received, penance remits eternal punishment for sins and all temporal punishment due to sin.
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3. Penance restores sanctifying grace, forgives sins, helps avoid sin, and restores the merits of good works lost in venial sin.
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4. Prayer and reference to the commands of the Bible and Church are good ways to help remember our sins.
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5. Perfect contrition for sin is prompted by our fear of God's wrath.
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6. True contrition is sorrow from our heart, guided by grace, that makes us hate all sins we have committed.
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7. Imperfect contrition is not sufficient to receive Penance worthily.
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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.
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9. After an act of perfect contrition following mortal sin, we may receive communion prior to confession.
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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.
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11. Indulgences remove temporal punish due to sin by drawing on the spiritual treasury of the Church (the superabundant satisfaction for sin generated by Mary's sorrows and the Saints' suffering).
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12. To gain an indulgence, we must want it specifically and perform the work associated with it. This can be done whether or not we are in a state of grace.
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13. Plenary indulgences take away more, but not all temporal punishment, while partial indulgences only remove a small part of temporal punishment.
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14. As long as we are in a state of grace, we may obtain an indulgence in advance for a sin we know we are going to commit.
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15. We may obtain indulgences for ourselves and souls in purgatory, but no other living individuals.
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16. A public service of penance/absolution does not require individual confession of sins to a priest.
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