Is Confession To A Priest Biblical?

I recently sat down with Gary Michuta to discuss something very appropriate for Lent?  Is confession toa priest Biblical? I go from the old testament to the new to make the case for the catholic position.  This episode is an appearance that I make on March 11, 2022 on Gary Michuta’s Hands on Apologetics radio program that airs Monday-Friday at 1pm EST on Virgin Most Powerful radio.

Interview on Confession

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Saint Quotes On Confession

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.-St. Augustine

In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance.-St. Thomas Aquinas

Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.-St. Isidore of Seville

The minister to whom confession is made is the delegate of Christ, Who is the Judge of the living and the dead.-St. Thomas Aquinas

The devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins. Before we fall into sin, the enemy labours to blind us, that we may not see the evil we do and the ruin we bring upon ourselves by offending God. After we commit sin, he seeks to make us dumb, that, through shame, we may conceal our guilt in confession.-St. Alphonsus Liguori

Some Bible Passages About The Sacrament

If a man lies carnally with a woman… they shall not be put to death… But he shall bring a guilt offering for himself to the Lord… And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed; and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.-Leviticus 19:20-22

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”-John 20:21-23

And to whom you have pardoned anything, I also.  For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned anything, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ.-2 Corinthians 2:10

Is any one among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.  Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.-James 5:14-17