{"id":114483,"date":"2026-11-08T14:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114483"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:14:43","slug":"confession-to-a-priest-which-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/confession-to-a-priest-which-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"\u544a\u89e3\uff1a\u3069\u306e\u6559\u4f1a\u304c\u53f8\u796d\u306b\u544a\u89e3\u3059\u308b\u306e\u304b\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Catholics, Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox Christians go to a priest, tell him their sins and hear him absolve them, and all three count that a sacrament of the church. Lutherans and Anglicans have kept private confession too, and today they will hear anyone who asks without requiring it of anybody. Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Pentecostals and most other Protestants have no such rite, so they take their sins to God directly, to the people they have hurt, and to the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholics and Orthodox confess to a priest; Lutherans and Anglicans offer it freely; most Protestants do not. Each church&#039;s teaching in its own words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-114483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58671,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/how-to-catholic-confession\/","url_meta":{"origin":114483,"position":0},"title":"How to Go to Confession: What to Say and the Act of Contrition","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"10\u6708 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The steps and words of Catholic confession, the traditional Act of Contrition in full, how to prepare, and which sins you must confess.","rel":"","context":"Christian Education","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kneeling in prayer","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_00453.webp?fit=800%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_00453.webp?fit=800%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_00453.webp?fit=800%2C448&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_00453.webp?fit=800%2C448&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5810,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/bible-study-what-is-sin-definition-consequences-spiritual-perspectives\/","url_meta":{"origin":114483,"position":1},"title":"What Is Sin? 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