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God forgives the sins.

Please read the words of absolution slowly, emphasizing the highlighted word!

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1449 The formula of absolution used in the Latin Church expresses the essential elements of this sacrament: the Father of mercies is the source of all forgiveness. He effects the reconciliation of sinners through the Passover of his Son and the gift of his Spirit, through the prayer and ministry of the Church:

God, the Father of mercies,
through the death and the resurrection of his Son
has reconciled the world to himself
and sent the Holy Spirit among us
for the forgiveness of sins;
through the ministry of the Church
may God give you pardon and peace,
and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

There is no "formula for absolution."

There is only a repentant sinner with a sorrowful heart who seeks to sin no more against the Triune God.

"And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." -- Matthew 9:2

God, the Father of mercies, through the death and the resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

There is so much wrong in the above quote that it would take many words and much Scripture to show the fallicy of it. The bold print words above say that the one (I) hearing a confession of sins from a sinner is actually saying HE is doing the forgiving for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not the one forgiving sins; that if for God to do. The Scriptures tell us differently. A sinner can seek forgiveness from the one sinned against, and then seek God's forgiveness - that is the Biblical teaching. Someone forgiving the sins of another who has not sinned against him is a fallicy!

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