Confession and protestant confession

[Ybbun777]

we call protestants our brothers and sisters in Christ then will they not get to heaven if they confess sins in a contrite examination of those sins and are truly sorrowful without the aid of Catholic Reconciliation?

 

[CatholicSpirit]

If they look at James 5:16 and abide by it, they might learn why we confess to an ordained priest privately who cannot reveal our sins. Also see Matthew 6:6 regarding prayer in private spaces. Non-Denominational Christians may or may not disregard the passage.

We cannot say whether or not they go to heaven or hell, but we know that if they say nothing needs to be confessed, it is a blatant lie as all are sinners.

 

[adgloriam]

They are human beings and thus their decisions are also formed through their reason. The catechism states that if they were brought up within another confession they are not to be blamed for their belief. Also, it is of great glory to God that those are granted forgiveness, for the Lord is full of mercy and delights in forgiving the sinner that truly repents.

[We have the extraordinary privilege of the Sacraments.]

 

[LoyalViews]

All people, regardless of which faith they claim to believe in, have the right to confess to a priest, so long as they are baptised. If they are not baptised, if they confessed I am sure they would be granted some graces as wanting to be Christian to be baptised.

I hate how we regard people as ‘other.’ It ought to be brother, not other. It isn’t our fault we are alive. It is only our obligation to love and show everyone the truth of God.

 

[LoyalViews]

What does this tell me? Any baptised Christian has the right to confess to a validly ordained priest.

 

[Vico]

we call protestants our brothers and sisters in Christ then will they not get to heaven if they confess sins in a contrite examination of those sins and are truly sorrowful without the aid of Catholic Reconciliation?

Baltimore Catechism

121. Q. Are all bound to belong to the Church?
A. All are bound to belong to the Church, and he who knows the Church to be the true Church and remains out of it, cannot be saved.

Anyone who knows the Catholic religion to be the true religion and will not embrace it cannot enter into Heaven…
If, then, we found a Protestant who never committed a mortal sin after Baptism, and who never had the slightest doubt about the truth of his religion, that person would be saved; because, being baptized, he is a member of the Church, and being free from mortal sin he is a friend of God and could not in justice be condemned to Hell. Such a person would attend Mass and receive the Sacraments if he knew the Catholic Church to be the only true Church.

I am giving you an example, however, that is rarely found, except in the case of infants or very small children baptized in Protestant sects. …

I said I gave you an example that can scarcely be found, namely, of a person not a Catholic, who really never doubted the truth of his religion, and who, moreover, never committed during his whole life a mortal sin. There are so few such persons that we can practically say for all those who are not visibly members of the Catholic Church, believing its doctrines, receiving its Sacraments, and being governed by its visible head, our Holy Father, the Pope, salvation is an extremely difficult matter.

I do not speak here of pagans who have never heard of Our Lord or His holy religion, but of those outside the Church who claim to be good Christians without being members of the Catholic Church.

 

[LoyalViews]

True. I am wrong.

 

[LoyalViews]

Oh gosh I never assume that. It’s hard to interpret emotions over text like this, it’s no big deal. Happy Christmas, I never took offence

 

[Ybbun777]

I don’t know if folks really got my question. I probably made it too complicated. Basically it is this: if protestants and Catholics are brothers and sisters in Christ then would both go to heaven after confessing a grave sin in their respective traditions. I.e. protestants ask God directly to forgive and we use the reconcillation sacrament.