The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
The process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.
a split within Christianity whereby a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church, but shares essentially the same beliefs with the Church of Rome. In other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy.
A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.
A formal division or split within a religious body.