bookslover
Puritan Board Doctor
Here's an interesting statement by Turretin in his Elenctic Theology, Volume 3, Page 556:
"John orders sins to be confessed, not to a priest, but to God, who is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (1 John 1.9), to whom David confessed (Psalm 32.5). Again, that confession means nothing else than that we should confess ourselves to be sinners, and not that we should recount all our sins singly, with their circumstances." (bold mine)
This, I assume, is his interpretation of the two passages cited. His context is refuting the Roman Catholic doctrine of penance, which includes auricular confession.
Thoughts?
"John orders sins to be confessed, not to a priest, but to God, who is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (1 John 1.9), to whom David confessed (Psalm 32.5). Again, that confession means nothing else than that we should confess ourselves to be sinners, and not that we should recount all our sins singly, with their circumstances." (bold mine)
This, I assume, is his interpretation of the two passages cited. His context is refuting the Roman Catholic doctrine of penance, which includes auricular confession.
Thoughts?