...Absolution, or Remission of Sins To be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,...commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth...

...Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The like unto which we have in the Absolution of Sins. Almighty God etc. who desireth not the Death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his Wickedness and live. etc. All which places evidently declare the Love of God to all Mankind, that he offereth Grace and...

...does not desire the death of sinners but rather that they should turn from their sins and live. He has given power and commandment to his ministers, to declare and pronounce to his penitent people the absolution and remission of their sins. He pardons and absolves all those who...

...does not desire the death of sinners but rather that they should turn from their sins and live. He has given power and commandment to his ministers, to declare and pronounce to his penitent people the absolution and remission of their sins. He pardons and absolves all those who...

...presence the Christian feels contrition is not merely holy, righteous, and wrathful. He is also "the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner," as the words of absolution declare. When the Christian confesses to the "almighty and most merciful...