Words of Absolution

[andy120]

Do slight changes of the words of absolution make the absolution invalid?

The official words of absolution are:

I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

What about: “I absolve you of your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”?

Or: “I absolve you from all your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”?

Do these variations make the absolution invalid?

 

[Don9of11]

Frankly, I never paid to much attention to how the priest delivered the words, I was just thankful that my sins were absolved and I think that’s really all you need to be concerned about, in my opinion. I do not see anything abusive in your examples, so I would say those small variations would not invalidate the absolution.

 

[Advocatus_Fidei]

They would all still be valid absolutions.

 

[Mattapoisett64]

Does the Church have some catechetical obligation to reassure the faithful that prepositions and adjectives don’t invalidate a sacrament?

 

[Bookcat]

Do slight changes of the words of absolution make the absolution invalid?

The official words of absolution are:

What about: “I absolve you of your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”?

Or: “I absolve you from all your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”?

Do these variations make the absolution invalid?

No I would not say they would be invalid. But the Priest should of course use the exact form