confession
Noun
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is a type of: admission - an acknowledgment of the truth of somethingsubtypes: self-accusation, self-condemnation - an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be
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is a type of: document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
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referred to in: church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchyis a type of: penance - a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolutionsubtypes: shrift - the act of being shriven
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is a type of: declaration - a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
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is a type of: church doctrine, creed, gospel, religious doctrine - the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that groupspecific instances: augsburg confession - the document drawn up in 1555 to defend the catholicity of Lutheran doctrine and to justify innovations in Lutheran practice; is still in effect today
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