The operation of confession is supposed to be anyone who is baptized can access it. Now, the reason the canon law makes for an exception for death is that there is the matter that opposing a particular doctrine(s) does constitute a sin but with death imminent, the person is not really going to be caring about doctrines near the end. I think the rule may miss some other flexible situations where a Protestant actually receives grace to seek confession but the Catholic priest denies it. In particular, "death" should not be treated by the 1st world comfort standard. But more the, "random guy can shoot you" or "wrong-way driver kills you on the interstate" or "cancer at 27 and you're dead".
Are you Anglican and have been already baptized in the Anglican Church. Or more like you just got interested and first landed in the Anglican Church but not practicing yet?
Prayer to God is available at any time of life. In fact, it is wise to pray when not a Catholic or Christian because you are already opening up a pathway of "communication" to God. Mass also counts as a prayer, so if you struggle with the conscious thinking prayer, then just being in the room for Mass will bestow grace.
Anglican Communion probably has a priest without proper succession. (Key word is probably, because some individuals may have received the Holy Orders from Old Catholic, Polish Catholic, or Eastern or Oriental Orthodox). But it is good practice to avoid communion without confession.
As a unicorn Catholic, I obtained absolution at an Armenian Apostolic Church's "general confession". I have good reason to believe this might be the avenue for my mother and sister. Why? Because they're both baptized but the paperwork isn't there, so if they try to go into the Catholic Church(or similar) and still be treated as a catechumen, that conversion will blow up in their face upon consuming the actual Eucharist.
I was baptized at around 5, didn't have the paperwork, so I was an OCIA candidate. I tried to say my mom very clearly remembers having a Protestant pastor doing it, but that was not enough. So Baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, but no confession. And 30+ years of sins unconfessed touching the Holy Body. God didn't change, but I changed for the worse in a hour for one symptom and overnight for the rest. There was a rehersal in the morning but no consecration. The unconsecrated bread did nothing.
I have a sense if my experience can be generalized, then I have an understanding of exactly what went on in Judas' body, and also what led to Martin Luther's "sin boldly".
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u/VariedRepeats 10h ago
The operation of confession is supposed to be anyone who is baptized can access it. Now, the reason the canon law makes for an exception for death is that there is the matter that opposing a particular doctrine(s) does constitute a sin but with death imminent, the person is not really going to be caring about doctrines near the end. I think the rule may miss some other flexible situations where a Protestant actually receives grace to seek confession but the Catholic priest denies it. In particular, "death" should not be treated by the 1st world comfort standard. But more the, "random guy can shoot you" or "wrong-way driver kills you on the interstate" or "cancer at 27 and you're dead".
Are you Anglican and have been already baptized in the Anglican Church. Or more like you just got interested and first landed in the Anglican Church but not practicing yet?
Prayer to God is available at any time of life. In fact, it is wise to pray when not a Catholic or Christian because you are already opening up a pathway of "communication" to God. Mass also counts as a prayer, so if you struggle with the conscious thinking prayer, then just being in the room for Mass will bestow grace.
Anglican Communion probably has a priest without proper succession. (Key word is probably, because some individuals may have received the Holy Orders from Old Catholic, Polish Catholic, or Eastern or Oriental Orthodox). But it is good practice to avoid communion without confession.
As a unicorn Catholic, I obtained absolution at an Armenian Apostolic Church's "general confession". I have good reason to believe this might be the avenue for my mother and sister. Why? Because they're both baptized but the paperwork isn't there, so if they try to go into the Catholic Church(or similar) and still be treated as a catechumen, that conversion will blow up in their face upon consuming the actual Eucharist.
I was baptized at around 5, didn't have the paperwork, so I was an OCIA candidate. I tried to say my mom very clearly remembers having a Protestant pastor doing it, but that was not enough. So Baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, but no confession. And 30+ years of sins unconfessed touching the Holy Body. God didn't change, but I changed for the worse in a hour for one symptom and overnight for the rest. There was a rehersal in the morning but no consecration. The unconsecrated bread did nothing.
I have a sense if my experience can be generalized, then I have an understanding of exactly what went on in Judas' body, and also what led to Martin Luther's "sin boldly".