If someone is late for an appointment, they can do something to redeem themselves against the person they kept waiting.
Redeem is a notion that comes from redimĕre , a Latin word. The verb allows us to refer to the action of freeing someone from suffering or punishment . It can also be used to refer to the fact of acquiring or recovering something that had been lost or seized.
Typically, the concept is linked to recovery , with something that allows you to leave behind a problem or an experience or new situation that allows you to recover from a misstep.
Example of redeem
Let's take an example to explain this concept. A worker who falls asleep and arrives at work two hours late will likely provoke an angry reaction from his boss . This could bring a series of unpleasant consequences.
One way in which the employee could remedy his absence could be to not take his lunch break, staying at his job; Another way could be to stay after the hours in which you generally leave your job to fulfill the number of hours for which you are contracted. These are just two examples of the ways in which said employee could redeem himself in the eyes of his employer.
The noun of redeem is redemption , whose definition in the RAE dictionary is "action and effect of redeeming."
The concept of redeeming appears in the Catholic religion.
Redemption in the Catholic religion
Within the rite of the Catholic religion the term redemption has a specific meaning. It is thus defined as the gesture that Jesus Christ , considered by the Church to be the Son of God, had when offering his life for the salvation of humanity. This gesture consisted of allowing himself to be murdered by nailing him to the cross after having subjected him to a series of painful tortures. It is believed that through his death , Jesus Christ offered humanity the possibility of reaching the Kingdom of Heaven ; that is, eternal life.
It is believed that through his suffering Jesus Christ allowed human beings to go from the slavery of sin to the freedom granted by becoming children of God. It is also believed that when Christ came into the world there was a widespread pagan consciousness in him; Moral corruption was one of the constants in society and that is why it was necessary to make a change that would make rehabilitation possible.
Although in the Jewish religion it is believed that redemption can be achieved through a holy life following the design of the prophets; The Christian religion affirms that the true redeemer is Christ Jesus who, as Christian theory says " was crucified for us, suffered under Pontius Pilate and was buried ."
Redeem and the satisfaction of Christ
There is another concept linked to redemption in the Christian religion, which is the satisfaction of Christ. It refers to the total forgiveness of the debt that human beings have with God, (assumed on the day of birth with original sin) through the death and resurrection of Christ, which implies a repair of the spiritual identity of each person so that be able to achieve eternal peace.
This concept is mentioned in a popular passage from the book of Isaiah where the servant of Yahweh is described, who becomes Jesus Christ, also known as the Messiah, who is punished by his father because of the sins of all humanity, and who executes said sacrifice with patience and love.
In the Christian rite it is often said that Christ carried the iniquities of humanity on his shoulders (hence the clear symbol of the cross) and that through his oblation he offered peace to the entire world, thus paying with his life for all. the errors of humanity.