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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Index for R
		Reconciliation, Sacrament of - A sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest's absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same.
		Religious Profession - Describes both a declaration openly made, and a state of life publicly embraced
		Rosmini and Rosminianism - Antonio Rosmini Serbati, philosopher, and founder of the Institute of Charity, born 24 March, 1797, at Rovereto, Austrian Tyrol; died 1 July, 1855, at Stresa, Italy
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/r.htm (6260 words)

	CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess) - Online Information article about CONFESSION (Lat. ...
		It was more and more regarded as the special function of the priest to administer absolution, though as late as the 16th century we hear of laymen confessing to and absolving one another on the battlefield because no priest was at hand.
		Among the Lutherans auricular confession survived the Reformation, but the general confession and absolution before communion were soon allowed by authority to serve as a substitute; in Wurttemberg as early as the 16th century, in Saxony after 1657, and in Brandenburg by decree of the elector in 1698.
		Private confession and absolution were, however, still permitted; though as may be seen from Goethe's experience, related in his Dichtung and Wahrheit, it tended to become a mere form, a process encouraged by the fact that the fees payable for absolution formed part of the pastor's regular stipend.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /COM_COR/CONFESSION_Lat_confessio_from_.html (3486 words)

	BIBLICAL CHRONOLOGY
		The forms of absolution are various the words must be pronounced in the presence of the person to be absolved: thus valid absolutions cannot be given by telephone.
		It being absolutely necessary to the gaining of an indulgence, however small, that one should be in a state of grace, it is readily seen that the vulgar and uninformed notion of an indulgence as a `permission' to sin is wide of the mark.
		A secret religious agency, a religious Mafia, the white freemasonry working within the framework of the Roman catholic church occupied with preservation of the faith and passing information to the head from all the secret societies entrenched in the schools and universities of Spain.
	www.compusmart.ab.ca /rprince/whore.htm (13308 words)

	Pagan-Christianity Today Part 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ABSOLUTION, term in Christian theology, most often used to refer to sacramental absolution, the judicial act in the sacrament of penance, by which the priest, as the minister of God, grants to confessing penitents forgiveness of their sins.
		Absolution is also a part of the Anglican ritual, but penance is not considered one of the sacraments instituted by Christ.
		Although the term absolution is confined to Christian theology, the practice of penitently beseeching a deity's forgiveness for individual offences is common to almost all religions.
	biblicalstudies.qldwide.net.au /pagan_christianity_today_part4.html (13285 words)

	Women in Christian Tradition: Words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The indicative from of absolution ('I absolve you') is used in the W. for individuals; the precatory form, in which the priest formally prays that God will absolve an individual or congregation, is used for absolutions in the course of the liturgy and in the E. also for individuals.
		While absolute obedience is due to God alone, obedience to men is limited by the bounds of authority and by the claims of conscience.
		The Renaissance, with its religious indifference, and the Reformation, by its revolt against the authority of the Papacy, established the conditions for the future development of toleration.
	www.nisto.com /wct/words (6762 words)

	Circle of Prayer - The Sacrament of Penance
		Individual and integral confession and absolution constitute the sole ordinary means by which a member of the faithful who is conscious of grave sin is reconciled with God and with the Church.
		For the valid absolution of sins, it is required that, in addition to the power of order, the minister has the faculty to exercise that power in respect of the faithful to whom he gives absolution.
		The absolution of a partner in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue is invalid, except in danger of death.
	www.circleofprayer.com /penance.html (2365 words)

	Iowa History Project
		The absolution of Charles I was at that time in sharp conflict with the chartered rights of Englishmen; and the great and influential Church of England was doing all in its power to crush the new-born Puritan advance.
		About the middle of the seventeenth century great gatherings for the discussion of religious questions were common in the fields, at the fairs, in the market-places, and at the churches.
		The general religious gatherings offered an excellent opportunity to propagate religious ideas; and his extensive knowledge of the scriptures made it possible for him to appeal strongly to the masses of the people.
	iagenweb.org /history/qoi/QOIPt1ChpI.htm (1938 words)

	The Vatican Bank
		BASIC R.C. Absolution is the remission of sins in Confession by an authorized priest, in the Sacrament of Penance.
		In order for the absolution to be valid, the penitent must have confessed all known sins, firmly resolve not to sin again and intend to perform his penance.
		Conditional absolution is given when the priest is not certain of the conditions or dispositions of the penitent.
	www.angelfire.com /ky/dodone/Absolution.html (996 words)

	Catholic Glossary: Other Terms to Know (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Religious instruction and formation for persons preparing for baptism (catechumens) and for the faithful in various stages of spiritual development.
		Diocesan bishops, religious superiors, and certain other diocesan authorities with jurisdiction over the clergy in a specific geographical area, or the members of a religious order.
		Strictly, the title applies to those women religious belonging to institutes whose members have not professed solemn vows, most of which were established during and since the 19th century.
	www.archstl.org /links/gloss-terms.htm (3792 words)

	Interpretation of Tariff Item No. 9986.00.00 - Religious Article
		Articles simply incorporating a religious motif do not qualify for importation under tariff item No. 9986.00.00, if they are not generally regarded as having a religious function or purpose.
		The portable sets may include usual carrying cases and religious paraphernalia not enumerated in the tariff item to be used in ceremonies for which the portable sets were designed.
		Religious representations that are not considered to be statues, statuettes, or plaques but are similar, can be allowed as religious figures.
	www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca /E/pub/cm/d10-15-12/d10-15-12-e.html (3002 words)

	Religious, papal, christian flags
		Because of their importance as symbols and the sacrifice of human life that attended their defence, it was inevitable that military standards took on religious significance.
		In the British Army, the presentation of new Colours is considered a solemn religious ceremony.
		Upon retirement from service the Colours are laid up in the local church or cathedral in another religious ceremony suited to standards which had been consecrated.
	www.flagsbydelta.com /religiousflags.shtml (484 words)

	Muse: Absolution - PopMatters Music Review
		Whether this explains why the group, which is successful in other parts of the world, including their native England, has had such trouble breaking through in the United States is debatable.
		If their critics won't give them absolution, the group is ready to bestow forgiveness upon themselves, and move on.
		Absolution could very well represent a transition in Muse's career as they come into their own as a force in the music world.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/m/muse-absolution2.shtml (1364 words)

	YOUR PASTOR IS NOT YOUR THERAPIST-PRIVATE CONFESSION: THE MINISTRY OF REPENTANCE AND FAITH
		The therapeutic model of pastoral ministry is incapable of sustaining the practice of confession and absolution evangelically understood.
		The Novatians who denied absolution to those who sin after Baptism are condemned for their false teaching undermines the forgiveness of sins won by Christ and bestowed in His Word.
		Absolution is that word of the crucified and living Lord in the mouth of His pastors that "is just and valid and certain, even in heaven, as if Christ our dear Lord dealt with us Himself." Because it is the Word of the Lord it is truth.
	www.ctsfw.edu /academics/faculty/pless/privateconfession.htm (4666 words)

	Religion Glossaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was, however, common for the laity to partake in wine at the absolution of sin.
		Absolution from excommunication could be obtained by performing a set penance (traditionally wearing a white shirt and carrying a wand and confessing to one's sins in public - at church in front of the congregation on a specific number of days) and presenting a certificate to this effect to the church court.
		The Latin word from which the English is taken means a chest, and a shrine was originally a chest in which a relic was kept (reliquary).
	tudorhistory.org /glossaries/religion/terms.html (2074 words)

	Glossary for GCSE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A religious painting or mosaic in a style which tries to make visible the invisible world of God and the saints.
		Religious controversy a debate based on the questioning of an established religious belief or custom.
		Sacrament an outward religious act which has a spiritual meaning given to it by the words and actions of Jesus, in which a Christian grows in love of God.
	www.painsley.org.uk /RE/signposts/glossks4.htm (6562 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: Absolution Gap
		Absolution Gap splits its story between two locales, the planet Ararat, where Scorpio and Clavain find their refuge under attack, and Hela, where a strange astronomical phenomena has attracted the attention of religious zealots, who see a planet's vanishing and reappearance as a sign of the end times.
		For Reynolds's characters, absolution comes in the form of trying to understand the universe as it is, and in recognizing the difference between what they would like to be true and what actually is.
		Absolution Gap is a first-rate work of science fiction, a thoroughly modern space opera full of dangers and marvels to match.
	www.sfsite.com /03b/ag172.htm (701 words)

	The Peace Encyclopedia: Jews, Jewish, The Jewish People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is consistent with historical data, Jews being an ancient Mediterranean population, who have had a certain degree of admixture with their 2000-3000 years old neighbors in spite of cultural and religious traditions which have preserved identity outside Israel.
		Religious toleration was maintained for the Kingdom's 300 years, with clear traces of Christianity being found among them for the whole historical period.
		The king and his court were Jews for much of their 300 years history and because religious toleration was maintained many persecuted Jews fled there.
	www.yahoodi.com /peace/jews.html (4418 words)

	NCCB 1988 Spring Meeting
		According to the new code of canon law, each diocesan bishop determines whether or not the conditions necessary for general absolution exist in his diocese, but he is to determine this in light of the criteria set by his episcopal conference.
		For example, those who wanted the conference to establish criteria on general absolution were often the same bishops attacking the administrative board for establishing criteria on AIDS education.
		Many who said that a conference policy on general absolution interfered with their discretion as diocesan bishops also said that the AIDS statement had helped them in their dioceses.
	www.georgetown.edu /centers/woodstock/reese/america/nc8806.htm (2630 words)

	Absolute Absolution
		The religious aspect aside, this is a basic, matter-of-fact set of practical guidelines, street lamps for the village of your life.
		Somewhere it was decided to absolve the young of Original Sin, this would be the absolute absolution: freed from its penalties, a new scientific utopia might eventually result after a different set of operating principles was inscribed on the blank tablets of childish minds.
		In a society such as we have created, child labor laws are an absolute essential to keep young men and women at their brightest and most energetic moment from massively aggravating the real problem.
	www.spinninglobe.net /absolution.htm (10456 words)

	Religious Definitions
		The absolution is spoken by the pastor after the confession of sins in our worship services.
		By the institution of baptism we mean the establishment of this act of applying water in the name of the Triune God by Christ for the church to do according to his command and promise.
		The collect follows this pattern: (1) the addressing of God, (2) an attribute of God or the basis for approaching God, (3) the petition or request, (4) the reason for the petition, (5) the doxology or expression of praise to God.
	thelutheran.net /study/A-C.html (1400 words)

	wcr:05/13/2002 -- Canada to draw up guidelines on general absolution
		The use of general absolution in some Canadian dioceses could be curbed as a result of a new Vatican directive calling on bishops' conferences to draft national guidelines and submit them to Rome for approval.
		Some northern parishes that have few priests also use general absolution but the practice falls under the Church's "grave-necessity" condition for general absolution, Schonenbach said in a CCN interview.
		The preparation of a national standard for the use of general absolution "won't happen overnight, but will be done with due dispatch," he said.
	www.wcr.ab.ca /news/2002/0513/newguidelines051302.shtml (386 words)

	Ss Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church Newsletter - July/August, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Absolution is what happens when the priest forgives the person in Christ’s name after the person has confessed their sin.
		Confession and absolution are never supposed to be separate from one another, though in large parishes such as ours this is unfortunately what often happens.
		Peter and Paul, in good religious standing as certified by the parish clergy, who has pledged to the parish as defined by its parishioners and Council, and whose pledge has been paid up to the nearest quarter as certified by the Council”.
	www.peterpaul.net /newsletters/NL200108.htm (5367 words)

	Catholic Ireland
		When I speak the words of absolution to a person who has honestly named quite serious wrongdoings, those words can have an extraordinary power, which certainly does not come from the priest.
		I have no doubt that the healing power of the words of absolution is in direct proportion to the openness and faith of those who come to hear them addressed to their broken lives.
		A general absolution avoids that sense of encounter between the Lord and an individual person which is the hallmark of each sacrament.
	www.catholicireland.net /pages/index.php?nd=16&art=27 (1076 words)

	THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE - RECONCILIATION
		960 Individual and integral confession and absolution constitute the sole ordinary means by which a member of the faithful who is conscious of grave sin is reconciled with God and with the Church.
		966 §1 For the valid absolution of sins, it is required that, in addition to the power of order, the minister has the faculty to exercise that power in respect of the faithful to whom he gives absolution.
		977 The absolution of a partner in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue is invalid, except in danger of death.
	www.trosch.org /law/cl-penan.htm (1662 words)

	Varieties of Religious Experience (viii)
		When we come to study the phenomenon of conversion or religious regeneration, we shall see that a not infrequent consequence of the change operated in the subject is a transfiguration of the face of nature in his eyes.
		The only thing that need interest us now is the phenomenon of his absolute disenchantment with ordinary life, and the fact that the whole range of habitual values may, to a man as powerful and full of faculty as he was, come to appear so ghastly a mockery.
		If religious intolerance and hanging and burning could again become the order of the day, there is little doubt that, however it may have been in the past, the healthy-minded would at present show themselves the less indulgent party of the two.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/james/varieties.viii.html (10714 words)

	Painting/html
		Protestants, on the other hand, believed that absolution from sin was obtained as a result of one's faith in God and his divine mercy and did not involve any acts of penitence (boeckhorst.html).
		Another use of light in the work is to symbolize Christ as the “light of the world.” Light, which is also frequently associated with vision, might be representative of the true vision of Christ that is available to Christians when they repent from their sin and seek forgiveness from God.
		Protestants, on the other hand, believed that absolution from sin was obtained as a result of one's faith in God and his divine mercy and did not involve any acts of penitence (1).
	www.unc.edu /~evaughn/Painting.html (2642 words)

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