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  2. Confession (religion) - Wikipedia

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    Confession does not take place in a confessional, but normally in the main part of the church itself, usually before an analogion set up near the iconostasion. On the analogion is placed a Gospel Book and a blessing cross. The confession often takes place before an icon of Jesus Christ. Orthodox Christians understand that during Confession ...

  3. Penance - Wikipedia

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    In the Eastern Orthodox Church, penance is usually called Sacred Mystery of Confession. In Orthodoxy, the intention of the sacramental mystery of Holy Confession is to provide reconciliation with God through means of healing. Similar to the Eastern Catholic Churches, in the Eastern Orthodox Church there are no confessionals.

  4. Byzantine Rite - Wikipedia

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    A baptized and chrismated Orthodox Christian is a full member ... prayer and confession. ... they confess their sins to God before a spiritual guide who offers advice ...

  5. Eastern Orthodoxy - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Orthodox Church, in understanding itself to be the Body of Christ, and similarly in understanding the Christian life to lead to the unification in Christ of all members of his body, views the church as embracing all Christ's members, those now living on earth, and also all those through the ages who have passed on to the heavenly life.

  6. Absolution - Wikipedia

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    The Confession by Giuseppe Molteni, 1838. 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.

  7. Oriental Orthodox theology - Wikipedia

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    Oriental Orthodox theology refers to the study of God and Christian teachings within the context of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. The Oriental Orthodox Churches adhere to the faith and tenets set out by the Nicene Creed, and the Councils of Nicaea, Constantinople and Ephesus. The church uses the Bible, sacred traditions, historical ...

  8. Synod of Jerusalem (1672) - Wikipedia

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    A Greek version called Eastern Confession of the Christian Faith appeared in Constantinople in 1631 or 1633. [4] [5] Lucaris was accused of adopting in this book Calvinistic views and asserting that Calvinism was in fact the faith of the Eastern Church. His E. Orthodox defenders claim that the book was a forgery. Cyril did not disavow it in ...

  9. Augsburg Confession - Wikipedia

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    An Orthodox Response – Summary of Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias II's letter of 15 May 1576, in which he compares each article of the confession to Orthodox Christian beliefs The Roman Catholic Reception of the Augsburg Confession by Robert Kress ( JSTOR )