Reconciliation & Confession (Teachings of the Orthodox Church)

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Don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith? Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious. For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things. But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

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	Reconciliation & Confession (Teachings of the Orthodox Church)

QUESTION:

Recently I have been seeing the word 'Reconciliation' used in place of the word 'Confession.'

Is the Orthodox Church in America changing its terminology?

ANSWER:

I too have seen the term "Reconciliation" used more frequently of late, although there is nothing wrong with this. One of the major prayers in the Sacrament of Confession says "reconcile and unite him/her to Thy Holy Church." Through Confession, we are indeed reconciled to God and to one another.

There has been no official change in terminology, however, and in cases where other terms are employed, it is a local decision.

Published in January 2011.

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