Editing Absolution (section)

===Syriac and Malankara Orthodox===
The [[Syriac Christianity|Syrians]] who are united with the Roman See use a relatively recent declarative form in imparting absolution. The present Miaphysite Churches, sometimes called [[Jacobite Church|Jacobite]], of [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syria]] and of [[Malankara Orthodox|India]] not only teach that their priests have power from Christ to absolve from sin, but their ritual is expressive of this same power. Denzinger in his ''Ritus Orientalium'' preserves a 12th-century document which gives in full the order of absolution.<ref name="Catholic"/>

One example of absolution is declarative but in the third person in two petitions invoking Father and Son, respectively, and deprecative in the final invoking the Holy Spirit.
:Sin is taken away from your soul and your body in the name of the Father. Amen. You are made clean and holy in the name of the Son. Amen. May you be forgiven and share the holy mysteries in the name of the Holy Spirit (for everlasting life). Amen.<ref>Robert L. Fastiggi, ''The Sacrament of Reconciliation: An Anthropological and Scriptural Understanding'', (Chicago: Hillenbrand Books, 2017), p. 51.</ref>

The form currently in use for absolving the laity uses a first person indicative form while the absolution of the clergy is a third person deprecatory form.<ref name="books.google.com"/> The Malankara Church which derives from the Syriac Orthodox Church uses the same formula.

To absolve a member of the laity, the priest lays his right hand on the head of the penitent and says: 
:May God have mercy upon you and guide you to eternal life. By the authority of the sacred priesthood, which was entrusted by our Lord, Jesus Christ, to His disciples, who, in turn, handed it to their successors, until it was given to my humble person. I absolve you, my brother, from all sins that you have confessed and repented of them, as well as all the transgressions that have escaped your memory, in the name of the Father ♱, Son ♱ and Holy Spirit ♱ for ever-lasting life. Amen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dss-syriacpatriarchate.org |title=Penance Rites |website=dss-syriacpatriarchate.org |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref>

To absolve a member of the clergy, the priest says:
:May God, Who blessed his holy disciples, bless you. May He preserve you from all evil deeds and perfect you in the gracious ones that you may be the keeper of His commandments and the fulfiller of His laws. May He make you a chosen vessel that is fit for the service of His glory. May you enjoy peace in Him, and may He be pleased with you and according to His Good Will, may you be blessed, absolved and consecrated, in the Name of the Father ♱, amen, and of the Son ♱, amen and of the Holy Spirit ♱ for everlasting life. Amen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://syriacorthodoxresources.org/Liturgy/Anaphora/Repentance.html |title=The Sacrament of Repentance |website=syriacorthodoxresources.org |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Holy Confession |url=https://malankara.com/node/206 |website=malankara.com |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111094233/https://malankara.com/node/206 |archive-date=11 January 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>