Rite for Reconciliation of Individual Penitents

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Rite for Reconciliation of Individual Penitents is the Catholic liturgical form in which a single person confesses sins and receives absolution from a priest in the sacrament of penance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic liturgical rite
form of the sacrament of penance
alsoCalled individual confession
private confession
authorizedBy Holy See NERFINISHED
celebrantRole priest
confidentialityRequirement seal of confession
distinguishedFrom Rite for Reconciliation of Several Penitents with General Confession and Absolution NERFINISHED
Rite for Reconciliation of Several Penitents with Individual Confession and Absolution NERFINISHED
essentialElement absolution
act of contrition
confession of sins
satisfaction or penance
governedBy Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED
Roman Ritual NERFINISHED
includes confession of sins by the penitent
counsel by the priest
dismissal of the penitent
greeting by the priest
imposition of a penance
invitation to trust in God
prayer of absolution by the priest
prayer of the penitent (act of contrition)
reading of the Word of God (optional)
sign of the cross
languageOfOfficialText Latin
liturgicalBookSection Rite I of the Rite of Penance NERFINISHED
liturgicalFamily Latin Church NERFINISHED
mayBeCelebrated in a confessional
in a reconciliation room
ministerOfAbsolution validly ordained priest
normativeSource Ordo Paenitentiae NERFINISHED
Rite of Penance
pastoralUse ordinary form of sacramental confession
penitentNumber one person
permittedIn vernacular languages
purpose to reconcile individual penitents with God and the Church
religiousTradition Catholic Church NERFINISHED
requires personal confession of all grave sins remembered
purpose of amendment
sincere contrition
requiresDisposition confession of sins in kind and number for mortal sins
interior repentance
requiresLocation suitable place for confessions
sacrament Penance
theologicalEffect forgiveness of sins
reconciliation with God
reconciliation with the Church
usedIn Roman Rite NERFINISHED

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Rite of Penance hasSection Rite for Reconciliation of Individual Penitents
Rite of Penance hasSection Rite for Reconciliation of Individual Penitents
this entity surface form: Rite for Reconciliation of Several Penitents with Individual Confession and Absolution
Rite of Penance hasSection Rite for Reconciliation of Individual Penitents
this entity surface form: Rite for Reconciliation of Several Penitents with General Confession and Absolution