24.
THE QUESTION WAS…….In 253 A.D., St. Cyprian of Carthage wrote that “sinners
may do _________ for a set time.”
A.
crossword
puzzles
B.
nothing
in particular
C.
penance
THE ANSWER IS…..C…..penance
In 253 A.D., St.
Cyprian wrote: “Sinners may do penance for a set time,
according to the rules of discipline come to public confession, and by
imposition of the hand of the bishop and clergy receive the right of Communion.
[But now some] with their time [of penance] still unfulfilled . . . they are
admitted to Communion, and their name is presented and while the penitence is
not yet performed, confession is not yet made, the hands of the bishop and
clergy are not yet laid upon them, the Eucharist is given to them; although it
is written, "Whosoever shall eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord" [I Cor.
11:27] (Letters 9:2 [A.D. 253])
In 388 A.D., St
Jerome wrote: "If the serpent, the devil, bites someone
secretly, he infects that person with the venom of sin. And if the one who has
been bitten keeps silence and does not do penance, and does not want to confess
his wound . . . then his brother and his master, who have the word [of
absolution] that will cure him, cannot very well assist him" (Commentary
on Ecclesiastes 10:11 [A.D. 388]).
www.staycatholic.com/ecf_confession.htm (Early Church Fathers
on Confession/Reconciliation)
www.salvationhistory.com/library/apologetics/sacraments.cfm (Salvation
History)
www.newadvent.org/cathen/11618c.htm (the Sacrament of Penance)
www.catholic-convert.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=63 (List of Books)
www.catholic.com/library/Confession.asp (Confession and penance)
Note: the book Salvation Controversy by Jimmy Akin contains a whole chapter on the
Biblical reasons for doing penance.
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