CONFESSOR  , in the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, a word used in the two senses of (r) a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person the See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of whose See also:

• LIFE

life and See also:

• DEATH

death entitle him or her, in the See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment of the Church, to a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar reputation for sanctity, (2) a See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest empowered to hear confessions . (1) In the first sense the word confessor was in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Church sometimes applied loosely to all martyrs, but more properly to those who, having suffered persecution and torturefor the faith, were afterwards allowed to See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die in See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . The See also:

• PRESENT

present sense of the word, as defined above, See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed after the ages of persecution had passed . It came to be applied by See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom, as did the predicate " See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint.," to the holy men of the past; e.g . Ecgberht, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York (Excerpt. cap. See also:

• XXVIII

xxviii), speaks of " the holy fathers whom we have styled confessors, i.e. bishops and priests who have served See also:

• GOD

God in chastity." But, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of " saint," the right of declaring the holy dead to be " confessors " was ultimately reserved to the Holy See . The most celebrated instance of the formal bestowal of the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is that of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• EDWARD

Edward of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, who was made a " Confessor " on his See also:

• CANONIZATION

canonization by See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander III. in 1161, and has since been commonly known as Edward the Confessor . (2) The confessor in the second sense is now termed in ecclesiastical Latin confessarius (med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. confessare, to confess), to distinguish him from the " confessor " described above . The functions of the confessor are dealt with in the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

CONFESSION (q.v.) . Here it need only be pointed out that though, in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic Church, the potestas ordinis of every priest includes the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of granting See also:

• ABSOLUTION (Lat. absolutio from absolvo, loosen, acquit)

absolution, according to the established discipline of the Church, no priest can be a confessor, i.e. hear confessions, without a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty from his See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop .