New Holy Quiz

[Shin]

Here's a thread for some new quiz questions..

Here's the first!

What are the sacraments of the living, and what are the sacraments of the dead?

 

[odhiambo]

Here's a thread for some new quiz questions..

Here's the first!

What are the sacraments of the living, and what are the sacraments of the dead?

 

Baptism and Penance are the Sacraments of the dead, The other five are all sacraments of the living.

[Patricia]

Confession and Extreme Unction for the dead? Rest for the living?

[Shin]

One correct, one incorrect answer from Patricia!

Odhiambo, you've got it!

It's about the souls, rather than the bodies!

If the soul is in a state of grace -- what sacraments are there for it? Those are the sacraments for the living.

 

[Shin]

Here's another quiz question!

What are the sins called which the priest does not have authority to absolve?

[odhiambo]

Here's another quiz question!

What are the sins called which the priest does not have authority to absolve?

That is a difficult one Shin, I always thought the priest could absolve all sins as long as we repent them;  but thinking about it now, maybe sacrilege would fall under that category sins?

[Shin]

No, that's not it.

The 'the authority' part is the clue here.

It's not a particular kind of sin, but rather, a name for those which the priest does not have the authority. . . 

[odhiambo]

No, that's not it.

The 'the authority' part is the clue here.

It's not a particular kind of sin, but rather, a name for those which the priest does not have the authority. . . 

The priest cannot forgive unrepented sins.

[Patricia]

I agree with Odhiambo. Priest also could not forgive a non-Catholic , right?

[Brigid]

I think abortion and other excommunications are ones only the bishop (or His Holiness of course) or those priests he's given those faculties to are not normally allowed to be forgiven by any priest. I don't know what the name of those kinds of sins are though.

[Shin]

Haha, these are all good answers, so I will say the question is answered.

And will reveal the technical term for the sins that cannot be forgiven because of lack of authority.

'reserved sins'

It's as simple as that.

Certain sins are reserved to the bishop and the pope to forgive (the pope generally delegates). These are called reserved sins.

And yes too, unrepented sins cannot be forgiven. If the priest were to pronounce absolution, it would still not be forgiven and an additional sin would be committed in the process.

Here is an excerpt from an article on the topic:

Reserved cases : "A term used for sins whose absolution is not within the power of every confessor, but is reserved to himself by the superior of the confessor, or only specially granted to some other confessor by that superior. To reserve a case is then to refuse jurisdiction for the absolution of a certain sin. Christ gave power to the rulers of His Church to make such reservations: "Whose sins you shall retain they are retained" (John 20:23). The reservation of sins presupposes jurisdiction, and therefore the pope alone can make reservation for the whole Church; bishops can do the same for their diocese only, and certain regular prelates for their religious subjects. That a sin be reserved it must be mortal, external, and consummated. If a sin be reserved in one diocese, and a penitent, without the intention of evading the law, confess to a priest in another diocese where the sin is not reserved, the latter may absolve the reserved sin. Cases are reserved either merely on account of the sin itself, that is without censure, or on account of the censure attached to it. If a penitent be in danger of death, any priest can absolve him, both from reserved censures and reserved sins. In case of reserved censures, if he recover, he must later present himself to the one having special power for reserved censures, unless the case was simply reserved to the pope. As to reserved sins, he need not, as a general rule, present himself again after convalescence. In a case of urgent necessity, when it is not possible to have recourse to the proper superior, an ordinary priest may absolve a penitent, directly from unreserved sins and indirectly from episcopal reserved cases, but the penitent must afterwards apply to the person having power to absolve from the reservation. "

[odhiambo]

Thanks Shin! I have never come across this term and am happy to have learnt it today.

[Brigid]

Oh yeah, I've heard this and am    not to have remembered it.

[Shin]

Haha, be happy your memory has been refreshed! 

I would never have thought of this answer. When you give the riddles you look a lot more knowledgeable than you actually are! 

[odhiambo]

Which two common Muslim names are found in our Holy Book?

[Brigid]

Mohammed and Mary.