Confession and Self-Examination: Isidore of Seville on Confession and Mercy
Teaching on Confession and Self-Examination from Isidore of Seville: Isidore of Seville on Confession and Mercy
This is a spiritual discipline on confession and mercy, drawing on 1 John 1:9, James 5:16 and Proverbs 28:13.
Isidore of Seville (d. 636) wrote one of the most encouraging passages in all Christian literature about the power of confession: "Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin. All hope consists in confession. In confession there is a chance for mercy. Believe it firmly. Do not doubt, do not hesitate, never despair of the mercy of God." Isidore understood that the greatest barrier to confession is not shame but despair.…
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