absolution
Sign in to savethumb|The Confession by Giuseppe Molteni, 1838 Absolution is a theological term for the forgiveness imparted by ordained Christian priests and experienced by Christian penitents. It is a universal feature of the historic churches of Christendom, although the theology and the practice of absolution vary between Christian denominations.
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- Catholic Church
- Theology of Absolution
- General absolution{{anchor|General}}<!-- [[General absolution]] redirects here -->
- Latin Church
- Ancillary Formulas
- Funeral Rites
- Non-sacramental absolutions
- Eastern Catholic Churches
- Byzantine Catholic Churches
- Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
- Rutheninan non-sacramental absolutions
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Melkite non-sacramental absolutions
- Non-Byzantine Catholic Churches
- Coptic Catholic Church
- Maronite Church
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Greek
- Slavonic
- Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Armenian Orthodox
- Coptic Orthodox
- Ethiopian Orthodox
- Syriac and Malankara Orthodox
- Lutheran Churches
- Anglican Communion
- Methodist Churches
- Reformed Churches
- Liberal Catholic Movement
- Irvingian Churches
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
thumb|The Confession by Giuseppe Molteni, 1838 Absolution is a theological term for the forgiveness imparted by ordained Christian priests and experienced by Christian penitents. It is a universal feature of the historic churches of Christendom, although the theology and the practice of absolution vary between Christian denominations.
Some Christian traditions see absolution as a sacrament—the Sacrament of Penance. This concept is found in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Assyrian Church of the East and the Lutheran Church. In other traditions, including the Anglican Communion and Methodism, absolution is seen as part of the life of the church, with the Thirty-nine Articles and Twenty-five Articles respectively counting absolution amongst the five rites described as "Commonly called Sacraments, but not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel". Confession and Absolution is practiced in the Irvingian Churches, though it is not a sacrament.