El poder del perdón: una exploración multidimensional desde la fe cristiana.

In Christian faith, forgiveness is neither a psychological strategy nor an isolated moral duty, but a profound theological reality that reveals God’s very nature and shapes the church’s identity. This article explores the power of forgiveness through eight interrelated dimensions: exegetical (analyzing key texts such as Matthew 6, Luke 15, and Ephesians 4), hermeneutical (from a Reformed evangelical perspective), ontological (as a relational reconfiguration of the imago Dei), epistemological (known through revelation, faith, and community), eschatological (as an anticipation of the Kingdom and cosmic reconciliation), psychological (integrating clinical insights without reductionism), liturgical (expressed in prayer, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and discipline), and ecclesiological (as constitutive of the church’s unity and mission). The study rejects both secularized approaches that trivialize forgiveness and religious legalisms that impose it without justice or healing. Instead, it proposes a biblically grounded vision: forgiveness is a gift received in Christ and shared as a testimony to the Kingdom. It does not deny the gravity of sin or the pain of trauma, but affirms that grace is stronger than brokenness. In a world marked by division and vengeance, the church is called to be a community where mutual forgiveness is lived not as an abstract ideal, but as participation in the triune life of God. Thus, forgiveness becomes the heart of the church’s witness and a tangible foretaste of the new creation.