This is historically and biblically inaccurate. Followers of the Way, a sect of the religion of Israel that was the first group of what we would think of as Christians, couldn’t celebrate a Thanksgiving sacrifice on the Sabbath. As such, they would celebrate the Mass, which was a Thanksgiving sacrifice, on the day after the sabbath to recognize Christ’s death on the cross. This is why Catholic Mass, which is the unbloody re-presentation of the sacrifice on Calvary as a Thanksgiving sacrifice, is celebrated on Sunday.
The Bible pretty explicitly states that Christ gave the power to forgive, or not forgive, sins to the 12 (John 20:23). The Catechism also says we are bound by the sacraments, but God is not (Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1257). In other words, God, in his infinite wisdom, can forgive sins outside of the sacrament of reconciliation. His power is not limited by the sacrament.
This is historically and biblically inaccurate. Followers of the Way, a sect of the religion of Israel that was the first group of what we would think of as Christians, couldn’t celebrate a Thanksgiving sacrifice on the Sabbath. As such, they would celebrate the Mass, which was a Thanksgiving sacrifice, on the day after the sabbath to recognize Christ’s death on the cross. This is why Catholic Mass, which is the unbloody re-presentation of the sacrifice on Calvary as a Thanksgiving sacrifice, is celebrated on Sunday.
The Bible pretty explicitly states that Christ gave the power to forgive, or not forgive, sins to the 12 (John 20:23). The Catechism also says we are bound by the sacraments, but God is not (Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1257). In other words, God, in his infinite wisdom, can forgive sins outside of the sacrament of reconciliation. His power is not limited by the sacrament.