confessor
Sign in to saveIn a number of Christian traditions, including Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution.
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- Patron saint
- Jean-Marie Vianney
- Field of occupation
- confession
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- P8168
- A83
- facet of
- Catholic priest
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- Wikitólica
- male form of label
- Beichtvater
- female form of label
- confessora
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In a number of Christian traditions, including Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution.
== History ==
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