Can mortal sin only be forgiven during confession?

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What if one is not able to get to a priest or no priest is available ? If someone who committed mortal sin wants to go to confession but before he goes to confession, this person dies. Would this person go to hell or can one simply pray to God to forgive ?
 
If the person has made a perfect contrition then yes, they would be forgiven. Perfect contrition is when you are sorry for your sin only because you had displeased God and not because you are afraid of the consequences.
 
It can also be forgiven during Anointing of the Sick if the person is receiving his/her Last Rites.

Also during baptism.

But if there is no priest to administer the Sacraments, then prayer is all thats left. One can pray to God for mercy, and then people on earth can continue praying for the person’s soul.
 
ConstantineTG said:
It can also be forgiven during Anointing of the Sick if the person is receiving his/her Last Rites.
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This is true - it is an extraordinary form of forgiveness, but this aspect is only valid if a person is incapable of participating in Confession (which is the ordinary form).

A person who is capable of making a good Confession, even if on his deathbed, is not absolved by Unction alone.
 
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If the person has made a perfect contrition then yes, they would be forgiven. Perfect contrition is when you are sorry for your sin only because you had displeased God and not because you are afraid of the consequences.
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But this is conditional upon their firm intention to get to Confession as soon as possible.
Without this intent perfect contrition remains incomplete.
 
So if we screw up, no matter how much we want to come back to God, if we die before Confession short of perfect contrition (which nobody knows if we have it or not) we are doomed. How can we go to hell if we want to come to God and receive forgiveness? It sounds like being damned based on a technicallity rather than desire.
 
expectthebest said:
So if we screw up, no matter how much we want to come back to God, if we die before Confession short of perfect contrition (which nobody knows if we have it or not) we are doomed. How can we go to hell if we want to come to God and receive forgiveness? It sounds like being damned based on a technicallity rather than desire.
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You are taking a legalistic view of the issue. What matters is if the person is truly repentant or not. If they are repentant when they die and had the intention to seek absolution, then God is not going to deny them salvation because they didn’t meet the technical requirements. What matters is that they intended to seek formal absolution and they had a firm intent not offend God by sinning again.
 
expectthebest said:
So if we screw up, no matter how much we want to come back to God, if we die before Confession short of perfect
contrition (which nobody knows if we have it or not) we are doomed. How can we go to hell if we want to come to God and receive forgiveness? It sounds like being damned based on a technicallity rather than desire.
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There is no Biblical Support of this. You may go direct with God and repent of your sins and ask for forgiveness thru Jesus Christ. You are not doomed if a priest is unavailable. The same goes for baptist. If I repented of my sins and accepted Christ as my Lord and savior the act makes you right in the eyes of God. Baptism is a important sacrament that shows people that you are sincere in your commitment to God. God already knows the heart.

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