Tag: "Confession"

tag name	Confession	type:	Religions, Middle Eastern
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Confession
variations or mis-spellings	absolution
related tags	– Abrogated laws and practices; Catholic Church; Forgiveness; Sin
Inventory subject	Confession of sins
selected quotations (authoritative sources)	These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts: "... To none is it permitted to seek absolution from another soul; let repentance be between yourselves and God. He, verily, is the Pardoner, the Bounteous, the Gracious, the One Who absolveth the repentant...." – Bahá’u’lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ¶34 "58. To none is it permitted to seek absolution from another soul ¶34 Bahá’u’lláh prohibits confession to, and seeking absolution of one’s sins from, a human being. Instead one should beg forgiveness from God. In the Tablet of Bishárát, He states that “such confession before people results in one’s humiliation and abasement,” and He affirms that God “wisheth not the humiliation of His servants.” Shoghi Effendi sets the prohibition into context. His secretary has written on his behalf that we …are forbidden to confess to any person, as do the Catholics to their priests, our sins and shortcomings, or to do so in public, as some religious sects do. However, if we spontaneously desire to acknowledge we have been wrong in something, or that we have some fault of character, and ask another person’s forgiveness or pardon, we are quite free to do so. The Universal House of Justice has also clarified that Bahá’u’lláh’s prohibition concerning the confession of sins does not prevent an individual from admitting transgressions in the course of consultations held under the aegis of Bahá’í institutions. Likewise, it does not preclude the possibility of seeking advice from a close friend or of a professional counselor regarding such matters." – Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Note 58 "When the sinner findeth himself wholly detached and freed from all save God, he should beg forgiveness and pardon from Him. Confession of sins and transgressions before human beings is not permissible, as it hath never been nor will ever be conducive to divine forgiveness. Moreover such confession before people results in one’s humiliation and abasement, and God—exalted be His glory—wisheth not the humiliation of His servants. Verily He is the Compassionate, the Merciful..." – Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Bishárát (Glad-Tidings), Ninth Glad-Tidings (BH00568)
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confession_(religion); bahai9.com/wiki/Confession_of_sins; bahaiquotes.com/subject/confession; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Confession

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