Analyzing Cranmer's Book Of Common Prayer

II. Main Point 2. God tells us in 1 John 1: 9“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” And again in 2 Corinthians 5:17“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.”

While the Bible clearly shows, God alone can forgive sins, and Christ is the one Mediator between God and man, God uses men to bring about his reconciliation. Confession of sins is a ministry of reconciliation. The confession of serious or mortal sins to a priest forces your conscience to recognize your sins. Examining your conscience is necessary if you are to advance in holiness and become more faithful to Christ. It is known as the sacrament of confession, since the confession of sins to a priest is an essential element of this sacrament. It is also a "confession" of acknowledgement and praise of the holiness of God and His mercy and pardon towards sinful

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”

“So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.”

[Sits down, eyes closed and hands gathered] Lord, please forgive my debts as I come to realisation of my wrong doings and sins. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. In your name,

“And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,”

Foster when on to mention that without God’s grace, no confession should be made. Confession is a Discipline that is difficult, because “the believing community as a fellowship of saints before we see it as a fellowship of sinners” (Foster, 1998, p. 145). Believers are given the ability to confess sin, and are given the authority to be forgiven of sin. 1 John 4:19 says, “we love because he first loved us” (ESV). This verse demonstrates why our confessions are followed by forgiveness for our sins. Sorrow and determination to avoid sin are essentials needed when confessing to seek forgiveness. Foster says, “honesty leads to confession, and confession leads to change” (Foster,1998, p.157). Usually my time of confession is during my prayer time, but for this challenge I decided to dedicate special time just for confession. I decided to work on my mindset before confession to try and listen to the advice Foster provided in his book. When I was able to work several days there was a sense of relief, and I felt a huge weight lifted off of my soldiers. Confession is not only a way to ask for forgiveness, but also a time to look within and see where your life needs work and where a person needs to lean on

The author (2007) also points out the importance of the Roman Catholic views point about confession and penance has three significate merits to confession. The first significate merit is that consistent confession forces one to confront one’s sin, meaning that one will not merely overlook or diminish one’s transgressions; instead it will cause one to take their sin more earnestly (p 213). The second significate is that the act of penance, paying a price for sin, creates a mindfulness of the significance of sin, meaning that it will not allow one to have a carelessness understanding toward sin of thinking that one will always be simply forgiven; instead penance combats this predisposition by arresting consequences for one’s sin (p 213). The third Significate merit is that it lifts the burned of guilt by forgiveness being granted during the ritual of penance, which can be extremely redemptive for some individuals (p

Credendi is (i) always already a structured whole, a cultural world, an atmosphere in which orandi finds itself. Every time individuals or groups parse themselves, they must draw on some externalised memory, some technics, some structured ready-to-hand. Even the most intimate prayer, for example, uses or reacts to past language sculpted through creedal formulations. A particular prayer permutation may seem unique at first, but the trained ear is quick to pick up its sources. A particular emergent prayer permutation may ascend, in time and through small local effects, from niches to shared credendi technics.

for which the Sacrament of Penance shall be exposed. Within the scope of this discourse in

Asking for forgiveness and forgiving to many is the hardest thing to do but we must remember in the book of Matthew (18:21-22) Peter said to the Lord: “Lord if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.” In this paper, the chosen case study will give the reader a better understanding of what forgiveness is to Jesus. Forgiveness is a big part of the Bible and if Jesus forgives us of our sins we too must learn to be as forgiving as him.

With the grace, we reflect upon it and rejoice with it at churches, bible studies, and family

Forgiveness is the heart of the Gospel for a multitude of reasons. First, forgiveness is the ability to overcome anger, bitterness and hatred, together with a desire to punish or get even with someone who injured us. Another way it is the center of the Gospel is because God sent his only son to become an innocent victim of capital punishment reconciles a fallen world and secures pardon and forgiveness to all. Jesus even on the cross was forgiving his executioners. Lastly, at every mass we offer peace to our brothers and sisters. This sign shows that we must be at peace and forgive with others to grow closer to god. Overall forgiveness is the heart of the Gospel for a multitude of

Once we recognize God’s true love for us and see the need of looking to Christ to change our hearts rather than trying to do it on our own, we see our need of repentance, which involves a change of direction, turning our back on previous intentions and actions, and seeking new direction in life. Instead of making excuses, blaming circumstances or others, repentance means taking full responsibility. King David, after committing murder and adultery appealed to Christ: "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me" (Psalms 51:10). He accepted his guilt and asked for a new direction – from Christ.

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