Religious Glossary - common terms used related to Religion
Absolution
- In a religious sense, it involves a person being freed from
guilt or sin.
Absolution in a liturgical church refers to the pronouncement
of God's forgiveness of sins. (wikipedia)
The pronouncement of God's forgiveness, after the Confession
of Sin, by a bishop or priest at the Eucharist, Daily Offices,
or in the Reconciliation of a Penitent (St
Pauls)
In the Roman Catholic church, the act of a priest in pronouncing
the remission of sin, its eternal punishment, or the canonical
penalties attached to it; in other churches, the declaration
or imploring God's forgiveness by a priest or minister (Invista)
Following the confession of sins, the Absolution pronounces
God's forgiveness either in a direct form ("I absolve/forgive
you") or in a declarative form ("God forgives you all yours
sins"). The word comes from the Latin, absolvere, which means
"to loosen, set free, or absolve" (LSMS)
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