1467. Given the delicacy and greatness of this ministry and the respect due to persons, the Church declares that every priest who hears confessions is bound under very severe penalties to keep absolute secrecy regarding the sins that his penitents have confessed to him. He can make no use of knowledge that confession gives him about penitents’ lives.72 This secret, which admits of no exceptions, is called the “sacramental seal,” because what the penitent has made known to the priest remains “sealed” by the sacrament.
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
491. In what way is everyone called to live chastity?
104. What does the hidden life of Jesus in Nazareth teach us?
413. How are we to view social inequalities?
273. How did he institute the Eucharist?
203. What is meant by the “resurrection of the body”?
16. To whom is given the task of authentically interpreting the deposit of faith?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
David’s old age and death: the end of a life of ups and downs (2 Samuel 23, 24)
What does Nahum 1:9 say about God’s mercy to those who repent?
What is the seventy week prophecy in Daniel 9?
How to be generous and share with those in need?
How important is the reorganization of the Jerusalem temple described in 2 Maccabees 10:1-9?
What are the characteristics a Christian leader should have according to 1 Timothy 3:1-7?
