Qué (quién) es Absolve - definición
!["Private Absolution ought to be retained in the churches, although in confession an enumeration of all sins is not necessary." —''[[Augsburg Confession]]'', Article 9](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ArticleXIOfConfession.JPG?width=200 "\"Private Absolution ought to be retained in the churches, although in confession an enumeration of all sins is not necessary.\" —''[[Augsburg Confession]]'', Article 9")
![absolution]], and believes that for Christ's sake, sins are forgiven, comforts the conscience, and delivers it from terrors."<ref>[http://www.bookofconcord.org/augsburgconfession.php#article12 Augsburg Confession, Article XII: Of Repentance]</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luther-kirkko, rippituoli.jpg?width=200 "absolution]], and believes that for Christ's sake, sins are forgiven, comforts the conscience, and delivers it from terrors.\"<ref>[http://www.bookofconcord.org/augsburgconfession.php#article12 Augsburg Confession, Article XII: Of Repentance]</ref>")
![Francis Gleeson]] on the eve of the [[Battle of Aubers Ridge]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois.jpg?width=200 "Francis Gleeson]] on the eve of the [[Battle of Aubers Ridge]].")
![Traditional [[confessional]] from [[Sicily]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/When was your last confession.jpg?width=200 "Traditional [[confessional]] from [[Sicily]].")
Wikipedia
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 sacramental life of the church, although both traditions are theologically predicated upon the Book of Common Prayer, which counts 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.
The concept of private absolution within the life of the Church is largely rejected by the Reformed tradition that includes the Continental Reformed, Presbyterian and Congregationalist denominations.
