This is nit-picky, but that seems fitting given that this is a taxonomy. You initially set up 'reconciliation' as synonymous with horizontal forgiveness, but later you (I think, rightly) acknowledge that we already have reconciliation with God. So I'm not sure we can use reconciliation as a technical term synonymous with horizontal forgiveness.
Love your exploration of forgiveness w/o repentance. My instinct has often been that you can't forgive someone who isn't repentant. But you make a good point that God seems to have done something like that for humankind. Maybe Calvinists would think differently?
This is nit-picky, but that seems fitting given that this is a taxonomy. You initially set up 'reconciliation' as synonymous with horizontal forgiveness, but later you (I think, rightly) acknowledge that we already have reconciliation with God. So I'm not sure we can use reconciliation as a technical term synonymous with horizontal forgiveness.
Love your exploration of forgiveness w/o repentance. My instinct has often been that you can't forgive someone who isn't repentant. But you make a good point that God seems to have done something like that for humankind. Maybe Calvinists would think differently?