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Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation (view source)
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Sacramental Confession is usually made in a confidential manner, and clergymen are duty-bound never to disclose a confession. Numerous legal protections also respect this confidentiality in the very rare instance of an attempt to force disclosure.
Sacramental Confession is usually made in a confidential manner, and clergymen are duty-bound never to disclose a confession. Numerous legal protections also respect this confidentiality in the very rare instance of an attempt to force disclosure.
In churches within the [[Anglican Communion]], private confession to a priest is offered, but not required under the mantra of "all can, some should, none must." A general confession is offered during the service for all sins as in Anglicanism no distinction between mortal sins and venial sins exists.
==Alternate Definitions==
==Alternate Definitions==
Confession in a secular sense is any admission of a wrongdoing, written or spoken.<ref>Merriam-Webster - [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=confession "confession"]</ref> In Church history, Confession in a non-sacramental sense has played a central role in Christianity from its earliest days, as in the example of the [[Confessions of St. Augustine]].
Confession in a secular sense is any admission of a wrongdoing, written or spoken.<ref>Merriam-Webster - [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=confession "confession"]</ref> In Church history, Confession in a non-sacramental sense has played a central role in Christianity from its earliest days, as in the example of the [[Confessions of St. Augustine]].