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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19618" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19618" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A term applied to the manner of performing some ceremonies in the form of prayer. The form of absolution in the Greek church is deprecative, thus expressed </p> <p> May God absolve you; whereas in the Latin church it is declarative </p> <p> I absolve you. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_109375" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_109375" /> == | ||
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Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
A term applied to the manner of performing some ceremonies in the form of prayer. The form of absolution in the Greek church is deprecative, thus expressed
May God absolve you; whereas in the Latin church it is declarative
I absolve you.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
Literae Deprecatoriae are "letters of request" given by presbyters who were unable to grant the formal "dimissory letters" of the bishops. (See Dimissory Letters).
