confession, also called reconciliation or penance, in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the acknowledgement of sinfulness in public or private, regarded as necessary to obtain divine forgiveness.
What are the Two 2 Confessions as Per Law
The Two Confessions (Dy zwu peicht) is an anonymously written story of which the oldest version dates from the second quarter of the 14th century. The manuscript on which this edition and translation are based was composed in the third quarter of the fifteenth century in the region of Northern Bavaria.
What are the Three 3 Stages of Confession as Per Law
The Catholic Church teaches that sacramental confession requires three “acts” on the part of the penitent: contrition (sorrow of the soul for the sins committed), disclosure of the sins (the ‘confession’), and satisfaction (the ‘penance’, i.e. doing something to make amends for the sins).