Catechism of the Catholic Church

Index 831 Baptism and the forgiveness of sins, 535, 977‑78 commandment to receive the sacrament of, 1457, 2042 eschatological significance of the sacrament of, 1470 the Eucharist and forgiveness of sins, 1393, 1395, 1436, 1846 indulgence, 1471 power to confer the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation to non‑Catholic Christians, 1401 purposes of the sacrament of, 1421, 1468 receiving absolution in the sacrament before receiving Eucharistic Communion, 1415 receiving the sacrament before the celebration of Matrimony, 1622 as a sacrament, 1210 sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation in particularly grave cases, 1463 instituted by Christ, 1446 instituted for all men, 827, 1446 sacramental seal of Confession, 1467, 2490 sacrifice of Christ as the source of forgiveness of man’s sins, 1851 See also Sacrament(s) absolution, 1480‑84 Byzantine liturgy and formulas of, 1481 communal celebration and individual, 1482 excommunication and, 1463 formulas of, 1449, 1481 general, 1483 grave sins and, 1415, 1457, 1497 over the dying Christian, 1020 power to forgive sins, 553, 976, 1441‑42, 1444‑45, 1461 acts of the penitent, 1491 confession, 1455‑58 of grave sins necessary for obtaining reconciliation, 1493 individual confession and a communal celebration, 1482 necessity of confessing sins, 1448 personal confession the most expressive form of reconciliation, 1484 of sins and conversion, 1435 of venial sins, 1493, 1863 contrition, 1451‑54 Holy Spirit gives the grace of, 1433 as necessary to obtain forgiveness, 982, 1259, 1861, 1864 no penance after death, 393 perfect and imperfect, 1492 and sacramental Confession, 1452 as sorrow of the soul, 1451 examination of conscience, 1454, 1456 satisfaction as an act of the penitent, 1491 forms of penance and their purposes, 1460 purposes of, 1494 through the penance imposed by the confessor, 1460 effects of the sacrament anticipating the Last Judgment, 1470 brings about a “spiritual resurrection,” 1468 gives pardon for offense committed against God, 1422 reconciling with God, 980, 1468 reconciling with the Church, 980, 1422, 1469 recovering grace, 1446, 1468 forgiveness and Penance and Reconciliation the Church as a place of reconciliation, 755 God reconciles the world to Himself in Christ, 433 pardon as the fundamental condition of Reconciliation, 2844 reconciliation of all Christians in the unity of Christ’s Church, 822 reconciliation with the Church, 1443‑45 ways of reconciliation, 981, 1449, 1455 See also Forgiveness of sins