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Article 4. The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

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“Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God’s mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion.”1

Subsections
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I. What is This Sacrament Called?
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II. Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism?
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III. The Conversion of the Baptized
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IV. Interior Penance
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V. The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life
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VI. The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
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VII. The Acts of the Penitent
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VIII. The Minister of This Sacrament
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IX. The Effects of This Sacrament
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X. Indulgences
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XI. The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance
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In Brief
Footnotes
  1. LG 11 § 2.