The title confessor is used in the Christian Church in several ways. Church (disambiguation Christian Church and the word church are used to denote both a Christian association of people and a Place of worship
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Confessor of the Faith
Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death. The title Confessor, the short form of Confessor of the Faith, is a title given by the Roman Catholic Church to male Saints and blesseds who were A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity The persecution of Christians refers to the Religious persecution of Christians both historically and in the current era The term is still used in this way in the East. Families of churches Eastern Christians have a shared tradition but they became divided ( Schism) during the early centuries of Christianity in disputes about In Latin Christianity it has come to signify any saint, as well as those who have been declared blessed, who cannot be categorized by another title: martyr, apostle, evangelist, or virgin. The Latin Rite is one of the 23 Sui iuris Particular Churches within the Catholic Church. The term martyr ( Greek μάρτυς martys "witness" is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom The Twelve Apostles (Greek apostolos, "someone sent out" e Evangelism is the Christian practice of proselytisation. The intention of most evangelism is to effect Eternal salvation to those who do not follow the The title Virgin is an honorific that has been bestowed by the Roman Catholic Church to certain female Saints and blesseds who were either unmarried As Christianity emerged as the dominant religion in Europe, persecutions became rare, and the title was given to saints who lived a holy life and died in peace. Perhaps the most well known example is the English king St. Edward the Confessor. The Kings of Wessex, who conquered Kent and Sussex from Mercia in 825 became increasingly dominant over the other kingdoms of England during King Edward the Confessor (c 1003 &ndash 5 January 1066 son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last
Confession of sins
During the Great Persecution, a number of Christians had, under torture or threat of torture, weakened in their profession of the faith. The Diocletianic Persecution was the last and most severe episode of Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. When the persecutions ceased under Constantine the Great, they desired to be reunited with the Church. Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February ca. 272 &ndash 22 May 337 commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine It became the practice of these penitents to go to the Confessors, those who had willingly suffered for the faith and survived, to plead their case and effect their restoration to communion. Penance is repentance of Sins as well as the proper name of the Catholic and Orthodox Christian Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church. Thus, the word has come to denote any priest who has been granted the authority to hear confessions. A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities The confession of one's Sins is a religious practice important to many faiths e This type of confessor may also be referred to as a "spiritual father'
It can also be used as the title of the head of a religious society.
See also
External links
- Confessor article in the Catholic Encyclopedia
Dictionary
confessor
-noun
- One who confesses to having done something wrong
- One who confesses his faith in Christianity, especially in the face of persecution
- A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution
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