Sacrament of Penance

The Sacrament of Penance also usually called the Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church asked in Eastern Christianity as sacred mysteries, in which the faithful are absolved from sins dedicated after baptism & reconciled with the Christian community. While in current practice reconciliation services may be used to bring out the communal classification of the sacrament, mortal sins must be confessed as well as venial sins may be confessed for devotional reasons. According to the current doctrine and practice of the church, only those ordained as priests may grant absolution.

Eastern Christianity and perspectives on renewal

Unlike sacred mysteries". The obligation to confess may be less rigid and this may put only one's near regrettable sins, to experience God's forgiving love. The practice of absolution or of a precondition penance varies greatly. The emphasis is on conversion of heart rather than on enumeration of sins.

Confession and penance in the rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church, even to our own day, preserve the detail of reference of liberation and healing rather than of judgment. Ruling and healing are seen as the same charism, as in early Christian times. Remission of sin is granted on the basis of sincere repentance and confession. Absolution proclaims God's forgiveness of the sin. Penance is entirely therapeutic; it reinforces the penitent's efforts at Christian growth. "Forgiveness of sin procured through sincere and heartfelt repentance is ready and perfect, needing no extra fulfillment," and so “the Orthodox Church near strenuously rejects … Latin teaching of penalties and punishments, everlasting and temporal remission, the treasury of merits, … and purgatorial fire." The perceived ongoing need for make different and developing of the sacrament in the Roman rite can be seen from a book with a chapter on "From Confession to Reconciliation; Vatican II to 2015", having sections on: