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confessor wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 as spiritual advisor 3 see also 4 references 5 external links toggle the table of contents confessor 23 languages bosanski català čeština чӑвашла esperanto español فارسی suomi français hrvatski հայերեն bahasa indonesia italiano монгол polski русский srpskohrvatski српскохрватски slovenščina српски srpski svenska ไทย українська 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia redirected from spiritual father title used within christianity for other uses see confessor disambiguation this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources confessor news newspapers books scholar jstor june 2018 learn how and when to remove this message in a number of christian traditions including eastern orthodoxy catholicism lutheranism and anglicanism a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution 1 history edit during the diocletianic persecution a number of christians had under torture or threat thereof weakened in their profession of the faith when persecutions ceased under constantine the great they wanted to be reunited with the church it became the practice of the penitents to go to the confessors who had willingly suffered for the faith and survived to plead their case and effect their restoration to communion over time the word came to denote any priest who had been granted the authority to hear confessions historically priests were sometimes tested by officers of the church called examiners before being granted this authority 2 3 as spiritual advisor edit an individual may have a regular confessor sometimes called a spiritual advisor or spiritual father to whom they turn for confidential and disinterested advice especially on spiritual matters historically this has been a common practice for christian monarchs it is standard practice for a religious community of women whether enclosed or just very large to have one or several priests serving their spiritual needs including being their confessor see also edit confession religion elder christianity priesthood catholic church starets references edit martin benjamin 1749 lingua britannica reformata hodges herbermann charles ed 1913 synodal examiners catholic encyclopedia new york robert appleton company meehan andrew b 1909 apostolic examiners in herbermann charles ed catholic encyclopedia vol 5 new york robert appleton company this article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain herbermann charles ed 1913 confessor catholic encyclopedia new york robert appleton company external links edit catholic encyclopedia confessor regarding the title confessor catholic encyclopedia sacrament of penance regarding the ordinary minister of the sacrament of confession the confessor authority control databases international gnd national czech republic retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title confessor oldid 1359527182 categories confession religion christian saints diocletianic persecution hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata articles needing additional references from june 2018 all articles needing additional references articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 catholic encyclopedia without wikisource reference articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 catholic encyclopedia with wikisource reference articles incorporating text from the 1913 catholic encyclopedia with wikisource reference this page was last edited on 15 june 2026 at 19 56 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct developers statistics cookie statement mobile view search search toggle the table of contents confessor 23 languages add topic