SFÂNTA TAINĂ A POCĂINȚEI DUPĂ CODUL DE DREPT CANONIC AL BISERICII ROMANO-CATOLICE
THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF REPENTANCE ACCORDING TO THE CODE OF CANON LAW OF THE ROMAN-CATHOLIC CHURCH

Summary/Abstract: In our postmodern context, where the transcendental dimension of existence is often hidden, human relationships are largely lived in the way of individualism and competition, when life paths are confronted with nonsense and to violence. The existence of forgiveness remains however a need, an expectation, a way of possible healing. This is why the sacrament of penitence and reconciliation remains relevant: through it, the Church brings a beneficent presence to the world. The crisis of the practice of this sacrament, preceded by the nineteenth century, led to new research to make it a place for the announcement of the salvation proposed by God to humanity. This study presents the canonical approach of the sacrement of penance according to the present Code of Canon Law, and how the norms of the Church seek to preserve the framework of ecclesial discernment, in particular the role of the confessor, but also the rights of the penitents and that in order to favor the conditions of an authentic path of conversion. The present practice of the sacrament is the fruit of the very long experience of the Church in this field; given the complexity of matter, which touches the intimate of people’s lives, their relationship to God and to others, the accompaniment of the process of conversion, penance and reconciliation can not be improvised. This is why the Church has given precise canonical norms. This study introduces to this complex aspect of the celebration of reconciliation, with the objective of showing how much the law of the Church, by its precisions, wants to favor the conditions of an authentic way of conversion by proposing marks of discernment.

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