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Note to moderators: You’re doing a great job! Thank you. Also, read this answerline carefully.The practice of men shearing their heads to represent this concept provides an alternative name for Maundy Thursday. The Council of Trent associated this concept with God breathing on the disciples. (-5[1])At a funeral, the song “Libera Me” occurs during a prayer for this concept that is done after the Requiem. St. Bonaventure argued that the power of the keys separated one type of this concept from another represented by the phrase (*) “Misereatur tui.” In the Apostolic Creed, the belief in this concept is said after the “communion of saints” and before the “resurrection of the body.” In a sacrament (-5[1])that begins with contrition, (0[1])this concept precedes penance and may be conferred by a Catholic (-5[1])priest in a booth separated by a silk screen. For 10 points, confessions (0[1])seek to obtain what concept with regard to sin? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: absolution [accept word such as absolving sins or being absolved; accept absolution of the dead; accept contrition until read; accept forgiveness of sin; prompt on confession or confessing; prompt on penance or repentance before “penance”; prompt on mercy]
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