The idea of redemption can be used in reference to the freeing of a slave through payment.
Redemption is a concept whose etymological root is found in redemptio , a word from the Latin language . It is about the action and consequence of redeeming (saving or rescuing someone, ending a punishment, releasing something that was mortgaged or seized).
For example: «The Santa Fe team will seek its redemption after four consecutive falls» , «After a failed passage through the world of music, the actor returned to the theater to achieve its redemption» , «The government intends to achieve the redemption of the debt , although that objective is very difficult to achieve .
Redemption of a slave
The term redemption can also refer to the amount of money that was allocated to free a slave , something common several centuries ago. Let us not forget that slavery continues to be big business, although today the capture and trade of human beings is no longer practiced openly, in daylight, as it was in the past. Unfortunately, humanity has not yet understood that we subject animals to the same type of atrocities, and that they should not be our possession either, but perhaps in a few centuries we can consider exploitation as part of ancient history.
One of the most frequent meanings of the concept refers to freeing a person, a group of individuals or, in a symbolic sense, an organization , from a bad moment or suffering . This idea is taken up by the Catholic religion, which finds redemption a dogma .
Salvation thanks to Jesus Christ
Written with an initial capital letter ( Redemption ), the term refers to the salvation of humanity achieved by Jesus Christ with his passion and his death . The Christian faith indicates that Jesus Christ died on the cross to redeem man and allow him access to Heaven , freeing him from the guilt of sin .
Delving deeper into the etymology of the term redemption, we find that in the verb "redeem" we can see the Latin prefix "re-" and the verb "émere", which together give the idea of "to buy or acquire again." This can serve to understand the actions of Jesus Christ more clearly, since he returned to people that sinless state that they had had in the past, and to do so he had to give something in return , nothing more and nothing less than his own. life.
It can be said that Redemption is the price that Jesus Christ assumes and pays before God so that human beings are redeemed and can reach a different state, reaching the Kingdom of God .
According to the Christian faith, the passion and death of Jesus Christ allowed the Redemption of humanity.
Redemption and forgiveness of sins
Through Redemption , always according to Christian doctrine, people are forgiven for their sins and can achieve eternal life. Redemption involves a reconciliation with God and a blessing.
This dedication of Jesus is mentioned in the Easter preface of the Catholic religion, where it is noted that with his death he was able to defeat sin and that he was resurrected to defeat death. In the scope of the liturgy, the prefaces are prayers that end the offertory (the point of the Mass at which the bread and wine are offered to God) and present the canon of the Mass, where the consecration (moment) is found. in which the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus, respectively).
In this prayer we remember that Christ offered his own life so that the sins of human beings could be forgiven, through a pact that demonstrates his unconditional love for others and his desire to spread a message of loyalty without limits . Redemption should not be understood as a mere symbol or a fact that has a beginning and an end, but as an invitation to reflect and improve in all possible aspects, to make fairer use of our freedom .