CONFESSION
(See also Absolution; Disfellowshipping; Forgiveness; Penance; Roman Catholic Church)
adultery to marriage mate: w77 607-608; g74 11/8 27; w68 319-320
assailant unknowingly confesses: g85 5/8 31
Bible view: g74 11/8 27-28; w72 694-698; g69 2/8 27-28; yl 28; ms 109-111; w64 93, 561; w63 421, 541; w62 197-198; g61 5/8 5-7; w57 744-747; g55 1/22 6-8; w53 727-728; w51 498-499; g30 6/25 630-631
Catholic Church: w85 12/1 4-7; w74 198; g74 11/8 27-28; g73 6/8 29; g71 5/22 29; g71 7/22 4; g69 8/8 30; g68 4/22 8, 24; g60 10/8 7; w58 511; w57 745; g55 1/22 4-8; g55 3/22 25-26; g50 5/22 24; g48 7/8 22; g47 4/8 23; g45 5/23 20-25; g44 1/5 22-23; g44 12/6 21; g42 1/21 21; g41 3/19 3-8; g40 10/30 11; g40 12/11 29
decline in number going to: g76 6/22 29; g75 7/22 31
survey as to number who never went to confession in France: g83 10/22 30
“confess your sins to one another” (Jas 5:16): cj 204-207
congregation judicial committee: or 165; g69 6/22 27-28; w68 319; w67 127; yl 176, 178; w66 540-541; w64 125-126; w63 473-474; g61 5/8 6-7; w60 726; w59 172; w57 746-747; w51 270-271
deathbed: w60 399-400; g52 7/8 25-26; w50 69; g35 4/24 465; he 9, 16
definition: w72 696; g55 1/22 4-5; g55 3/22 26; ms53 67; w45 185
discussion: ad 1387-1388
elders not ‘father confessors’: w77 693
experience:
priest’s comments turn woman to Bible truth: yb62 278
Protestant view: w85 12/1 4
remnant: jp 91-92; w55 267; sr55 156; w52 725-726; w47 173
scriptures misinterpreted:
John 20:23: g55 1/22 7-8
James 5:16: g55 1/22 7
to elders: w85 11/15 19-21; w72 18; w72 437
allowing reasonable time for: w85 11/15 20-22