Term

Absolution

The act of freeing or loosing from sin and its penalties.

Filed underSoteriologyEcclesiology

Definition

The act of freeing or loosing from sin and its penalties.

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  1. 1.Childress, James F., and John Macquarrie, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986). 6Original citation: Childress, James F., and John Macquarrie, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986, 6.

Last revised August 14, 2026