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Quick Questions What does the expression "ex opere operato" mean?
Quick Questions Why are we supposed to name our children after saints?
Quick Questions Is a priest obligated to baptize a baby even if the parents are not married or are not practicing the Catholic faith?
Quick Questions Should we baptize babies, considering they don't know what baptism is?
Quick Questions Is getting baptized more than once a sin against the Holy Spirit?
Quick Questions Can only Christians administer baptism?
Quick Questions Should we baptize everyone whether they like it or not?
Quick Questions Must I go through RCIA to join the Church if I am already baptized?
Quick Questions Are these Messianic Jewish baptisms valid?
Quick Questions Can a person baptize himself if there is no one else available or willing to do it and if not, why not?
Quick Questions Were we correct to stop anointing our prayer group members with oil?
Quick Questions May I have my child baptized in the Church if I'm not yet Catholic?
Quick Questions If the baptizing minister doesn't intend to administer a sacrament that confers grace, is the baptism valid?
Quick Questions Should first confession be held after First Communion, and did the Church change the form of confession?
Quick Questions May I assist in the baptism of those I have helped bring into the Church?
Quick Questions Can absolution be withheld from a murderer until he agrees to give himself up to authorities?
Quick Questions If seven is the symbol of perfection, why do we not receive all seven sacraments?
Quick Questions Does the seal of the confessional go against the Bible's admonition to tell the truth?
Quick Questions Are the graces given at baptism (or any other sacrament) made dormant when mortal sin is committed?
Quick Questions If a person is unconscious and receives the last rites but is unable to confess, is he cleansed of his sins?

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"In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then may hear by his deeds what he is to do [in the way of penance]."

~ Anglo-Saxon "Ecclesiastical Institutes" translated from Theodulphus by Abbot Aelfric about A.D. 1000; explaining the English term "shrovetide" (from "to shrive", or hear confessions) wherein the religious idea is uppermost; but before long, human nature allowed itself some exceptional licence.