atonement

In Christianity, the forgiveness of sins is considered to be the free grace of God in the eschatological period, and also a one-time event by the cross of Christ, and is called by various words such as "redemption," "compensation," "propitiation," "forgiveness," "liberation," and "reconciliation." The English word "atonement" means to become one, "reconciliation" means to restore fellowship, and the German word "Versöhnung" means to appease, but all of these words have departed from their original meanings and are metaphorically linked to the event of the cross. In Japanese, they are usually represented by "reconciliation."

*Some terminology explanations that mention "atonement" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　そこでキリスト教においては，罪の赦（ゆる）しは終末的な神の自由な恵みであるとともに，キリストの十字架による一回的なできごとであるとし，これを〈贖い〉〈償い〉〈なだめ〉〈赦し〉〈解放〉〈和解〉などのさまざまの語で呼んでいる。英語のatonementは一体となること，reconciliationは交わりの回復を，ドイツ語のVersöhnungはなだめることを意味するが，これらはみな原意を離れ，十字架のできごとに結ばれて比喩化される。日本語では通常〈和解〉で代表させている。…

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