A Confession is a short work on questions of religion by Leo Tolstoy. It was first distributed in Russia in 1882. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев ÐиколаÌевич ТолÑтоÌй; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910, N.S.; August 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910, O.S.) was a Russian Novelist, Philosopher, Christian Anarchist, Pacifist, Social Reformer, Vegetarian, Moral Thinker and an influential member of the Tolstoy family. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Consisting of autobiographical notes on the development of the author's belief, A Confession shows the process of searching for answers to the profound questions: "What will come of my life?" and "What is the meaning of life?", without answers to which life to him is impossible.
Tolstoy shows different attempts to find answers on the examples of science, philosophy, eastern wisdom and the opinions of his fellow novelists. Not having found an acceptable solution in any of these, Tolstoy recognizes the deep religious convictions of ordinary people as containing the key to true answers. However he also finds "a great deal of superstition mixed with the Christian truths" and rejects some positions and customs of the Christian church. Black cats are part of many superstitions. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. ...
An old girlfriend (from before he was a priest) was being flmailed by the murdered man. Police investigators, finding out about the priest's past, begin to suspect Father Logan as he refuses to reveal his relationship with the woman and what he has been told in the confessional.
Le Confessional, a 1995 film which dramatizes the filming of I Confess as the backdrop for a thematically-related story.
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