What is a Confessor?
The term “confessor” is used in several different ways, especially within the Catholic faith. In the literal sense, a confessor is simply someone who confesses something. The term is also used in the Catholic tradition to describe someone who has the authority to hear confessions and offer absolution. It also describes people who have been persecuted, but not actually martyred, while professing faith in Christianity. The second sense of the term is probably the most common and widely known. Many faiths have a tradition of confession and penitence, in which people discuss their sins or wrongful actions with a religious authority. Depending on the faith, the religious authority may suggest ways in which the confessor might atone for these sins, and sometimes he or she may be able to offer absolution. The process of confession is supposed to be a reflective, cathartic experience, ideally allowing the confessor’s faith to grow and become more complex by forcing him or her to think about th
A Mord-Sith is a woman trained in the art of giving pain, and breaking a mind in order to get answers. Mord-Sith are chosen as little girls, and the nicest ones make the best mord-sith. A Mord-Sith is broken three times during her training. The first time, the girl is tortured until her spirit is broken, the second time, she must watch her mother be killed to break her empathy, and the third time she must kill her fatherto break her fear of hurting another, all with the very same agiel. A Mord-Sith has the ability to capture the magic of one who has the gift, rendering it useless, and giving the Mord-Sith the ability to use that person’s gift to cause pain. Mord-Sith use a weapon called an agiel. The agiel is a foot-long stiffened leather rod. It is a blood-red color, just like the Mord-Sith’s clothing. It is a weapon used to bring pain to a person. Depending on how much someone who knows how to use it, they can kill another with a simple twist. It is mostly used to torture captives an
A confessor is one who bears faithful witness to the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the face of social, ecclesiastical, economic, political and/or academic reprisals both great and small. The confessor’s ministry is especially highlighted in times when there is great opposition to the orthodox faith. The confessor’s message can be summed up in the words of Psalm 117: “O Praise the Lord, all you nations: praise him, all you people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever. Praise the Lord.” We all are confessors of one sort or another. Our words and actions testify to what we truly believe. We will either be a confessor on behalf of the truth, or a confessor of a lie. St Maximus was a Confessor of the true God despite tremendous opposition. His theological tenacity helped save the Church from heresy regarding the person of Christ as having two natures, and therefore two wills. Failure at this point would have led to overwhelming co
