The Small Catechism - Confession
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LutheranOnline. Org presents a quiz on Confession from Martin Luther's Small Catechism.
- 1.How many parts are there in confession?
- A.
One - Confession
- B.
Two - Confession, Absolution
- C.
Three - Confession, Absolution, Penance
- D.
Four - Confession, Absolution, Penance, Forgiveness
- E.
Five - Confession, Absolution, Penance, Forgiveness, Faith
- 2.What is the first part of Confession?
- A.
A person tells the priest/pastor they wish to confess
- B.
A person is told that they have sinned
- C.
A person admits their sin
- D.
A person asks for forgiveness
- E.
None of the above.
- 3.What is the second part of Confession?
- A.
A person asks for forgivness
- B.
A person confesses their sin
- C.
A person is forgiven
- D.
A person does penance
- E.
None of the above
- 4.Who forgives the person who has confessed?
- A.
A pastor as he speaks for himself
- B.
A pastor as he speaks for the congregation of all the saints
- C.
A pastor as he speaks for God
- D.
God as He speaks through the pastor
- E.
God as He speaks through the absolver
- 5.We should plead guilty to _____ sins.
- 6.Fill in the blanks. St. John writes in chapter twenty: The Lord Jesus breathed on His ________ and said, "receive the Holy Spirit. If you ___________ anyone his sins, they are forgiven: if you do not forgive them, they are ____________."
- A.
Brothers, show, condemned
- B.
Followers, show, forgiven by me
- C.
Disciples, forgive, forgiven by me
- D.
Apostles, show, not forgiven
- E.
None of the above.
- 7.Who should be excluded from a Christian congregation?
- A.
No one
- B.
Sinners
- C.
Unrepentant sinners
- D.
Those who have weak faith
- E.
Those who don't fully understand the Trinity
- 8.Luther says that when we confess, we should consider our place in life according to _____________.
- A.
Jesus
- B.
The 10 Commandments
- C.
The Sacrificial Laws of Moses
- D.
Adam
- E.
The Gospels
- 9.What does this describe? "A special authority which Christ has given His church on earth to forgive the sins of repenant sinners..."
- A.
The Pastor
- B.
The Elders and the Pastor
- C.
Faith
- D.
The Office of the Keys
- E.
The Book of Concord
- 10.Should we withhold forgiveness of sins?
- A.
Never
- B.
If someone is unrepentant
- C.
We should not forgive sins, but let Jesus do that on judgement day
- D.
If someone has committed a murder
- E.
If we believe the Spitit tells us to judge, we should judge and withhold forgiveness
- 11.We forgive sins by the command of Christ and through the power of the _____________
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