Confession and Original Sin

[Montie_Claunch]

I had a thought and I was wondering if this reasoning was valid or not. I know that we get baptised to clense ourshelves of Orignal Sin. That we go to Confession to obtain forgicness for our sense. Would it be possible to go to confession to get rid of Original Sin or is that a sticktly Baptism thing? Thanks and God bless.

 

[Pug]

Baptism is the one for the original sin, not confession. Only a baptized person can receive the sacrament of confession anyway. It is a prerequisite, so to speak.

Baptism forgives all the personal sins, too, not just original sin. One does not need to go to confession after baptism until enough time has passed and one has sinned.

 

[Dr.Colossus]

Montie Claunch:

I had a thought and I was wondering if this reasoning was valid or not. I know that we get baptised to clense ourshelves of Orignal Sin. That we go to Confession to obtain forgicness for our sense. Would it be possible to go to confession to get rid of Original Sin or is that a sticktly Baptism thing? Thanks and God bless.

Confession forgives sin. It does not *cleanse *it. This may not sound like much of a distinction but it is the primary difference between Baptism and Reconciliation.

As unbaptised persons, human beings do not share in the life of Grace which was lost by our First Parents and which was restored by Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross. This is why Christ tells Nicodemus that unless one is born of water and the Spirit they do not have life within them.

Baptism, being a sacrament, does what it symbolizes. By the pouring of water on a person’s head and invoking the Most Holy Trinity, a person’s soul is configured to the grace of God. It makes an indelible mark on the soul, allowing it to receive an outpouring of God’s grace. Reconciliation, on the other hand, merely restores lost grace. While it does involve an outpouring of the grace of God, no metaphysical change occurs within the soul. This is why absolution may only validly be received by a baptized person.