CAT Exam 2010

SACRAMENTOLOGY III

Please answer one question
1. Investigate the ethos of reconciliation in the Old Testament communities. Write the prayer of absolution.
2. Show how the ministry of reconciliation was central in the life and ministry of Jesus. In relation to this ministry, what did he pass on to his disciples? Write the prayer of absolution.
3. Explain the way the Christians of the NT communities perceived post baptismal sin and examine the manner in which they dealt with public sinners. Write the prayer of absolution.
4. Write about the developments of Canonical Penance and the Private Repeatable Form of Penance. Write the prayer of absolution.
5. Explore and evaluate the theologies of the Council of Trent and the Second Vatican Council on the sacrament of reconciliation. What developments occurred? Discuss integral confession. Write the prayer of absolution.
6. Explain the following terms: seal of confession, reserved sin, integral confession, contrition, conscience, scruples, penance, and absolution. Write the prayer of absolution.
7. Explore how you would minister as a confessor to children, to religious communities and to elderly people. Write the prayer of absolution.




The Prayer of Absolution.

God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church, may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit