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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
Don't most protestant denominations preach confession through prayer to God?
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Yes. I think it is something that the Anglicans got away from originally -- it started making a comeback with the Oxford/Anglo-Catholic Movement in the 19th Century.
So far as I know, Luther was the only one of the Reformers who advocated retaining personal confession to a member of the clergy, though I don't know that it has ever been widely practiced among Lutherans.
And shoot, these days even the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship has an order for what is essentially private confession, though I've never heard of anyone using it.
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The way I was brought up and still practice/believe (though ELCA Lutherans aren't a monolith) is I don't have to confess because God already knows. I can talk to my pastor about my problems, but it isn't a confession that is done in the Catholic sense.
I realized the less a person pointed fingers at others and went on and on about morality and passing judgment, the less I care about their personal life and infidelity. I still make Larry Craig jokes and use him as an example since he was so self righteous and went after Clinton. What's that theory, they are so vehement about others because they are trying to deflect attention from what they are doing?
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