The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE. 405mind, are so too.Anything may be weighty thatcauses scruple or doubtfulness.. At what times in particular does the ChurchBO order ?A. In the time of sickness, and before comingto(he Holy Communion.to whomQ. Is there any other class of personsConfession is profitable?A. Yes to those who desire to lead a; saintly life.T/iese, indeed, aretort to it.the persons who most frequently reQ. Is there any other object in Confession, besidesthe seeking absolution for past sin, and the quietingof the penitent s conscience?A. Yes; the practice of confessing each singlesin is a great check upon the commission of sin, anda preservative of purity of life. 1Here we have the divine institution of priestlyabsolution and the necessity and advantages ofSacramental Confession plainly taught, not in aspeculative treatise, but in a practical catechism, bya distinguished minister of the church of England ;taught by a minister who draws his salary from thefunds of the Protestant Episcopal church who;preaches and administers in a church edifice recognized as a Protestant Episcopal church, and who isin strict communion with a Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church of England.lSee "A Catechism on the Church." By the Rev. C. aGrueber, Hambridge, Diocess of Bath and Wells. London :Palmer. 1870.