Now before you get all doctrinal on me. I would like to state that I know why someone would go to confession. What is not clear to me, is whether or not it is an absolute/mandatory requirement for salvation.
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Orthodox Only: is confessing to a priest an absolute requirement for Salvation?
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No, the Orthodox position is that everyone is saved except the given Orthodox Christian thinking, speaking or believing that everyone is saved.
Or, to put it another way, if you asked an Orthodox Christian, he or she would have to say, "everyone else is saved, only I am lost."
Anything else is speculation and role playing.
Or, to put it another way, if you asked an Orthodox Christian, he or she would have to say, "everyone else is saved, only I am lost."
Anything else is speculation and role playing.
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Yes, I would say that we take the 1st chapter of 1st John (for ex.) as to why we must have ongoing confession which is consistent with our idea of faith as ongoing through our earthly life in which our faith in Jesus Christ carries us through to the afterlife.
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Our basic reason for ongoing confession is explained in the 1st chapter of the 1st epistle of John. This is done in our individual, daily prayer & in the sacrament with our priest as our witness akin to Nathan the prophet bringing King David to confession for his adultery with Bathsheba. Our whole congregation will also render a general confession before taking the Eucharist (I think Catholics do the same) because St. Paul warns us not to partake in an unworthy fashion. We believe in salvation by grace through faith unto our death.
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