The Matthew 18 process, the Matthew process, and a Matthew 18 process are closely intertwined ideas and practices among some adherents of

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

, related to a discussion of

conflict resolution Conflict resolution is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict and retribution. Committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts by actively communicating information abo ...

the

Gospel according to Matthew Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

, specifically Matthew 18:15-17. The terms may use the word "process" in either (or both) of two senses: * Principles distilled from that gospel text * An instance of attempting to apply such principles

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In "Dear God", the third episode of the sixth season of the TV-series

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a Matthew 18 process is mentioned and conducted to settle the dispute between a farmer and a seed producer.

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