Atonement
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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ATONEMENT the reconciliation, or "at-one-ment," of sinful...charity, and suffering. In the Jewish calendar, atonement for all but very serious sins came on the Day of Atonement (see Yom Kippur ). In Christian theology, various...