Confessional Corner: We Don't Need Satisfactions! (Ap XIIb 16-33)

Like the complete listing of sins, we hold that canonical satisfactions are not necessary by divine Law for the forgiveness of sins. Neither were those ancient displays of satisfactions in public repentance necessary by divine Law for the forgiveness of sins. The teaching about faith must be kept, that we receive the forgiveness of sins for Christ's sake through faith, not for the sake of our works that precede or follow. (Ap XIIb 19)