Auricular Confession

Auricular Confession – Derives its name from the Latin word “Auris” which means “hear”. A confession made into the priests ear, therefore auricular. It was unknown in the primitive days of Christianity and was an abomination to the Medieval Ages. It became a doctrine and practice of the Catholic Church. In 1215 after the council of Lateran and originated with Innocent III known as the criminal Pope of the Inquisition. It is therefore a Human invention, the continuance of which depends on the ignorance of its origin. It took Satan 1200 years to introduce it, and all the intrigue of Catholic prelates to maintain it. It makes forgiveness of sins a business transaction. It is a license to sin. Attend the confessional, receive absolution, run up a score with the priest, and Rome gets the revenue! It offers safety where there is no shelter and peace where there is no pardon. It is an institution of systemized degeneracy. It is a pitfall to Catholic priests – they are unmarried men and of like passions with others, and human nature being what it is, the confessional is against nature and only gross immorality can be the result. In the OT there is nothing said of auricular confession and priestly absolution. There was nothing of that description in the tabernacle of Moses nor in the temple of Solomon. Even the proud Pharisees never presumed to forgive sins – and they charged Jesus in Mk 2:7 with “blasphemy” because only God can forgive sins. Ps 51:4, Ps 32:5, Isa 1:18, Isa 55:7. In the NT there is no command, example or inference for Christians confessing to and obtaining absolution from a priest, nor to or by an apostle or evangelist of Jesus Christ. Acts 8:22, 1 Jn 2:1-2, Heb 4:14-18. In Jas 5:16 the command to “confess your sins one to another” cannot be stretched to mean a Catholic priest. It means members to each other as members and applies to sins against each other, and to the duty of forgiveness. (Matt 18:21-22).