Sentences with phrase «withholding of absolution»
It may be appropriate for the penitent to be reminded that such withholding of absolution is an act of compassion.
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Withholding absolution may produce a variety of responses: surprise, dismay, anger — possibly directed against the priest personally.
The rare necessity of having to withhold absolution may just do so.
Were it not possible to withhold absolution the very integrity of the act of Christian conversion would be undermined.
They appear here either as the disciples of a rabbi who empowers them to make authoritative decisions on legal questions, or as priests authorized to give or withhold absolution of sins.