Sacrament of Reconciliation

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is the sacrament through which we obtain pardon from God for sins committed after Baptism and for which we are truly repentant, and are reconciled with the Christian community, the Church. SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1848

SOURCE: Catechism of the Catholic Church 1423, 1424
sacrament of conversion
sacrament of penance
sacrament of confession
sacrament of forgiveness
It is also called:

BIBLICAL FOUNDATION
Matthew 16:19
Matthew 18:18
John 20:21-23

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MATTER: The acts of the penitent FORM: The words of absolution

MINISTER: Bishops and priests RECIPIENT: Any baptized Christian

EFFECT
Reconciliation with God is the purpose and effect of this sacrament.
SOURCE: Catechism of the Catholic Church 1468

Degrees of Sin Kinds of Sin The Conversion Process

WHAT SIN IS Sin is: SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1860
a moral attitude, power, action, or refusal to act,
that leads us into evil
and alienates us from our true selves, our neighbors and God

KINDS OF SIN
personal
social
structural
Sin can be: SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1861

KINDS OF SIN
committed by the individual person
but always in relation to others and the community
Personal Sin: SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1861

KINDS OF SIN
negative moral attitudes and acts or failure to act that are common to a community or particular society
Social Sin: SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1804

KINDS OF SIN
Existing structures that condition society in a harmful and unjust way, such as long-standing racial or sexist prejudicial structures, etc.
Structural Sin: SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1804

DEGREES OF SIN
the nature of the act
the intention of the doer
the circumstances relevant to the sin committed
SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1747 The factors that determine the gravity of a sin:

THE CONVERSION PROCESS
a certain conflict , followed by
an encounter , which brings
self-discovery , and leads to
personal transformation through God's grace
SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1752 The four-step process of conversion:

being restored into the fellowship of the community
through interior contrition and purpose of amendment
by actual confession of sins and priestly absolution
SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1795 Three factors of conversion:

moral conversion
intellectual conversion
religious conversion
SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 1797 Dimensions of total Christian conversion:

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