Confession – miscellaneous motifs.
Religion. · Religious services. · Confession of sins. · view the constellation · filed as V29
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9 finer motifs beneath it
Search for confessor. Great sinner sent from one confessor to another. All say that his sins are too great for forgiveness. Finally he succeedsMonks shrive selves clean under threat of complete exposure of their sins by brother possessed of fiendMiracle attests fact that man does not need to confess. He hangs his sack on a sunbeamSodomist makes sport of confessionUnnecessary for husband to confess as his wife has already done it for himPenitent brings manuscript of sins to confessionConfessor and penitent exchange confidences. Balance sins and cancel wrongsThe devil goes to confession. Performs very severe penance, but cannot bear to humble himself and to stoop before the altar. (Cf. G303.16.9.)Extortionate confessor demands golden statue