I am just beginning RCIA and am wondering about the sacrament of reconciliation. If unbaptized, are you required to confess sins that were committed before baptism once you are baptized?
I am just beginning RCIA and am wondering about the sacrament of reconciliation. If unbaptized, are you required to confess sins that were committed before baptism once you are baptized?
Baptism washes away all sins, original sin and personal sin, so you will not need to confess before you are baptized. At your first confession after you are baptized, you will just confess sins since your baptism.
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