Term

Confession

The acknowledgement of one's guilt to other persons or to God.

Filed underSoteriology

Definition

The acknowledgement of one's guilt to other persons or to God.

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Sources

  1. 1.Childress, James F., and John Macquarrie, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986). 111Original citation: Childress, James F., and John Macquarrie, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986, 111.

Last revised August 14, 2026