Assertion: confession | /r/HasProperty | given by christ
Facets:
value: to the church
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In the Lutheran Church, Confession (also called Holy Absolution) is the method given by Christ to the Church by which individual men and women may receive the forgiveness of sins; according to the Large Catechism, the "third sacrament" of Holy Absolution is properly viewed as an extension of Holy Baptism.