under the circumstances I was only too willing to confess all.

The spirit of this group was that we were -- and are -- living in a world doomed to eternal punishment, but that God through Jesus Christ has provided a way of escape for those who confess their sins and accept salvation.

It was simply his necessity to confess which had made him write and keep this thing.

* We confess, that Christ the Lord was born from a virgin, and therefore we reject the natural order of things.

Many years later in a letter to Davis ( ca 1965 ), Gödel would confess that " he was, at the time of these lectures, not at all convinced that his concept of recursion comprised all possible recursions ".

Realizing that iron was more difficult to pierce with breech-loaded cannon, Armstrong designed rifled muzzle-loading guns, which proved successful ; The Times reported: " even the fondest believers in the invulnerability of our present ironclads were obliged to confess that against such artillery, at such ranges, their plates and sides were almost as penetrable as wooden ships.

Mistreated and starved, the imprisoned Louis XVII was forced to confess to incest with his mother, Queen Marie-Antoinette, ( untrue ; separated early, son and mother were disallowed communication, nevertheless, the allegation helped earn her the guillotine ).

In Medieval times, childbirth was considered so deadly that the Christian Church told pregnant women to prepare their shrouds and confess their sins in case of death.

In July of the same year, in Seoul, South Korea, the Member Churches of the World Methodist Council ( WMC ) voted to approve and sign a " Methodist Statement of Association " with the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification ( JDDJ ), the agreement which was reached and officially accepted in 1999 by the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation and which proclaimed that " Together we confess: By grace alone, in faith in Christ ’ s saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping and calling us to good works ... as sinners our new life is solely due to the forgiving and renewing mercy that God imparts as a gift and we receive in faith, and never can merit in any way ," affirming " fundamental doctrinal agreement " concerning justification between the Catholic Church, the LWF, and the World Methodist Council.

Also significant is the clear warning against paying heed to those who say that Jesus was not a flesh-and-blood figure: “ For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh .” This establishes that, from the time the epistle was first written, there were those who had docetic Christologies, believing that the human person of Jesus was actually pure spirit.

As writer Mark Twain said, " It took a brave man before the Civil War to confess he had read the Age of Reason ... I read it first when I was a cub pilot, read it with fear and hesitation, but marveling at its fearlessness and wonderful power.

On Thursday, April 2, 1987 the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the convictions, ruling that Wilson was forced to confess involuntarily after being beaten by police.

6th century BCE ) was a holy prophet who would offer salvation and good health if his devout followers would confess their sins, ban the worship of unclean gods who accepted meat sacrifices and chant sections of the Daodejing.

The holiday was also one of the three days each year ( along with Christmas and Easter ) Roman Catholics were required to confess and receive the sacrament of Holy Communion in order to remain in good church standing.

Kamenev was charged separately in early 1935 in connection with the Kremlin Case and, although he refused to confess, was sentenced to ten years in prison.

In his memoirs, Sherman said, " In my official report of this conflagration I distinctly charged it to General Wade Hampton, and confess I did so pointedly to shake the faith of his people in him, for he was in my opinion a braggart and professed to be the special champion of South Carolina.

Palme said he was willing to meet Pettersson if he was ready to confess to the murder.

There are numerous parallels between the two stories – including the fact that one of Henry's closest friends, Sir Henry Norreys, was beheaded as one of Anne's supposed lovers and he refused to confess in order to save his life claiming that everyone knew the Queen was innocent.

Although Cory was hurt, he soon realized Shawn set the whole thing up so he could unite Cory and Topanga and make Cory confess his feelings for her.

He was accused of mistreating prisoners, and he later admitted that he could have gone a little too far in pressuring suspects to confess to crimes.

These societies were divided into groups called classes — intimate meetings where individuals were encouraged to confess their sins to one another and to build each other up.

The practice is sometimes contrasted with what is called " believer's baptism ", or credobaptism, from the Latin word credo meaning " I believe ", which is the religious practice of baptising only individuals who personally confess faith in Jesus, therefore excluding underage children.

Repentance in Judaism is done through a process called Teshuva, which in its most basic form consists of regretting having committed the sin, resolving not to commit that sin in the future and to confess that sin before God.

She had become the “ Mother of the new creation ,” who called her followers to confess their sins, give up all their worldly goods, and take up the cross of celibacy.

The church is called to confess and repent of such attitudes and practices.

This type of torture was called the question préalable ( torture prior to execution ) and aimed at making the convicted criminal confess or denounce any possible accomplices or both.

Edgar Allan Poe, who had been referred to as part genius and " two-fifths sheer fudge ," reviewed the work in the Southern Literary Messenger and called it "' loose '— ill-conceived and feebly executed, as well in detail as in general ... we confess some surprise at his putting forth so unpolished a performance.

According to Lozzi, he lived with and then visited the elderly Mannix from 1979 to 1982, and that on at least a half-dozen occasions he called a priest when Mrs. Mannix feared death and wanted to confess her sins.

In 2009, RaboDirect ran the Life's more interesting when you tell the truth marketing campaign that included TV commercials which featured staff confessing truths about themselves, and a microsite called Truthbank where customers could " confess " their own truths.

He argues that this desire to talk so enthusiastically about sex in the western world stemmed from the Counter-Reformation, when the Roman Catholic Church called for its followers to confess their sinful desires as well as their actions.

In general they appear to believe that there will be a resurrection to life, and a resurrection to condemnation ; that believers only will be among the former, who as first fruits, and kings and priests, will have part in the first resurrection, and shall reign with Christ in his kingdom of the millennium ; that unbelievers who are after raised, must wait the manifestation of the Saviour of the world, under that condemnation of conscience which a mind in darkness and wrath must necessarily feel ; that believers, called kings and priests, will be made the medium of communication to their condemned brethren ; and like Joseph to his brethren, though he spoke roughly to them, in reality overflowed with affection and tenderness ; that ultimately every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that in the Lord they have righteousness and strength ; and thus every enemy shall be subdued to the kingdom and glory of the Great Mediator.

" As Washington may be called the head-quarters of tobacco-tinctured saliva, the time is come when I must confess, without any disguise, that the prevalence of those two odious practices of chewing and expectorating began about this time to be anything but agreeable, and soon became most offensive and sickening.

She distributed clothes and supplied pregnant women, who had to sleep on the ground, with mattresses, but she could not forgive what she called Crass male ignorance, helplessness and muddling … I rub as much salt into the sore places in their minds … because it is good for them ; but I can't help melting a little when they are very humble and confess that the whole thing is a grievous and gigantic blunder and presents almost insoluble problems, and they don't know how to face it …

He stopped the car at a telephone booth while in Pueblo, Colorado and called the police to confess to murdering his mother and Hallett.

: I acknowledge and confess that I kneel before the Sacred Humanity, which was conceived in Mary ’ s womb, and lay in Mary ’ s bosom ; which grew up to man ’ s estate, and by the Sea of Galilee called the Twelve, wrought miracles, and spoke words of wisdom and peace ; which in due season hung on the cross, lay in the tomb, rose from the dead, and now reigns in heaven.

" Who would not be astonished ", says he ( A Plea for the Christians 10 ), " to hear us called atheists, us who confess God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Ghost, and hold them one in power and distinct in order.

:" Dr Laud, Bishop of London, being then at the Council Table, told him if he would not confess he must go to the rack.

These are, first, that being truly penitent they confess their sins, and secondly, that they visit the basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome, at least once a day for a specified time — in the case of the inhabitants of the city for thirty days, in the case of strangers for fifteen.

In 2012, Debbie Cook, who ran the " spiritual Mecca " for seventeen years, came forward and accused the church of repeated accounts of " screaming, slapping " and being " made to stand in a trash and water's poured over you " in efforts to confess her sins.

One must feel a " godly sorrow " for sin, confess one's sins to God ( confession to another human being, such as a pastor, is deemed insufficient and unnecessary ), ask him for forgiveness, and consciously determine to abstain from sinning again in the future.

There were Christians who confessed to the crime, but it became known that Christians were forced to confess by means of torture, and the passage is unclear as to what the Christians confessed to — being arsonists or Christians.

It has been suggested that vengeance was being taken on Dreyfus for his obstinate refusal to confess.

The mellow, laid-back nature of the format has been parodied, most notably by Tim Meadows on Saturday Night Live, in which he played a " Quiet Storm " DJ who would react to life-shattering news, such as being fired, having his wife confess to adultery, and even his own murder, with his soothing voice unaltered.

Returning to the influence of the Catholic confession, he looks at the relationship between the confessor and the authoritarian figure that they confess to, arguing that as Roman Catholicism was eclipsed in much of Western and Northern Europe following the Reformation, the concept of confession survived and became more widespread, entering into the relationship between parent and child, patient and psychiatrist and student and educator ; by the 19th century, he maintains, the " truth " of sexuality was being readily explored both through confession and scientific enquiry.

Just before they can confess to each other, Mr. Hooper arrives and gives both characters their treasured possessions back as presents while also reminding the audience that although, being Jewish, he does not celebrate Christmas, he still understands the spirit of the holidays.

In reparation of which, we condemn him to make honorable amend, in smock, head bare and a rope around his neck, holding in his hands a burning candle of two pounds before the principal door of the royal church ... of Saint-Wulfram, where he will be taken in a tumbrel by the executioner who will attach before and behind him a sign on which will be written, in large letters impious one ; and there, being on his knees, will confess his crimes ...; this done, will have the tongue cut out and will then be taken in the said tumbrel to the public marketplace of this city to have his head cut off on a scaffold ; his body and his head will then be thrown on a pyre to be destroyed, burnt, reduced to ashes and these thrown to the wind.

Neferia was defeated and deported after an officer heard him confess to being in the Maggia.

A gang led by Sam DeStefano took Jackson to a meat packing plant, where they hung him by a meat hook inside the rectum and then crippled Jackson by smashing his knees with a hammer and poking his genitals with an electric cattle prod in an attempt to get him to confess to being an informant.

Those accused of supporting him are executed after being forced to confess, and a reward is offered for his capture.

The caller demands that Stu confess his infidelity to both Kelly and Pam to avoid being killed.

Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, was given psychological tortures such as being put through a mock firing squad in an effort to make him confess.

Earp told his biographer Lake that he got Cruz to confess to being the lookout, and that he identified Johnny Ringo, Frank Stilwell, Hank Swilling, and Curly Bill as Morgan's killers.

He was tortured to make him confess to being a spy which initially was unsuccessful.

Once they returned from the journey, the Angakkuq would question people involved in the situation, and, under the belief that they already knew who was responsible, the people being questioned would often confess.

This led to charges being filed against 10 Libyan security personnel, some of whom later claimed they had also been tortured, tortured to confess that they had tortured the medics.

Several of Honor's friends and comrades track down Summervale to a hidden retreat where they force him to confess to being hired to kill Paul, though this immediately guarantees his immunity to prosecution given the way the confession is extracted.

Despite maintaining then and now that he is innocent, Pinell, after being repeatedly told he would face the death penalty if he did not confess, eventually pled guilty in 1965, at the age of 19, to assault in connection with the kidnapping and rape of a young woman in San Francisco: " In 1964, a white woman accused me of rape, assault and kidnap.

People were often encouraged to confess to Angkar their " pre-revolutionary lifestyles and crimes " ( which usually included some kind of free-market activity ; having had contact with a foreign source, such as a U. S. missionary, international relief or government agency ; or contact with any foreigner or with the outside world at all ), being told that Angkar would forgive them and " wipe the slate clean.

Abu Ali said it was “ very painful ” and that it was the “ first time I felt extreme pain .” While he was being hit on the back, people in the room kept telling him to “ confess .” When the beating began, he was clad in an undershirt and long underpants.

They typically make poor witnesses, being more prone to suggestion and willing to " confess " in order to placate or please their questioner.