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Why do we do that? Go to a priest for confession
In John 20:21-23 we read "Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."
We can see clearly that the holy Spirit was given to the Disciples with the command to forgive sins. Our Lord would not do something like this without the command needing to be followed by others. While it is God who forgives us our sins, it is through the priest that we receive the gift. We also see that sin is not just an offense against God and myself, but it is against the community as well. Thus, one must seek forgiveness from God and the community. Again, the priest takes this dual role upon himself.
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