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  2. Repentance - Wikipedia

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    Repentance is a stage in Christian salvation where the believer turns away from sin. As a distinct stage in the ordo salutis, the Reformed theological tradition argues that it occurs after faith. [4] In Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Lutheran theology, repentance is part of the larger theological concept behind the sacrament of confession and ...

  3. Repentance in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Free grace theology approaches repentance in a different way than most other Christian traditions; Free Grace theologians have generally held one of three views on repentance: [17] [18] A major number of Free Grace theologians have taught that repentance (metanoia) should be treated as a change of mind not as a turning from sin or sorrow for ...

  4. Metanoia (theology) - Wikipedia

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    Metanoia is used to refer to the change of mind which is brought about in repentance. Repentance is necessary and valuable because it brings about change of mind or metanoia. This change of mind will make the changed person hate sin and love God. The two terms (repentance and metanoia) are often used interchangeably.

  5. Penance - Wikipedia

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    Like the latter, repentance refers to the genuine interior sorrow for one's hurtful words or actions. Only repentance implies a purpose of amendment, the resolve to avoid such hurtful behavior in the future. The words "true" and "firm" might be added to all but penance, to specify the depth of change in one's hurtful attitude.

  6. Woes to the unrepentant cities - Wikipedia

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    Nature of Repentance: The passage emphasizes the importance of repentance as a response to divine revelation. Jesus expected that His miracles would lead to a change of heart and behavior. Divine Judgment: Jesus' words affirm a future day of judgment, with degrees of punishment based on the opportunities given and rejected.

  7. Matthew 9:13 - Wikipedia

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    Augustine: " Luke adds to repentance, which explains the sense; that none should suppose that sinners are loved by Christ because they are sinners; and this comparison of the sick shows what God means by calling sinners, as a physician does the sick to be saved from their iniquity as from a sickness: which is done by penitence." [3]

  8. Sacrament of Penance - Wikipedia

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    The priest may emphasize repentance and offer counsel, and always proposes a penance which the penitent accepts and then recites an act of contrition. The priest imparts absolution. Since the Council of Trent, the essential words of absolution have been: "I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy ...

  9. The Miracle of Forgiveness - Wikipedia

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    Kimball defines repentance as the perfect, successful abandonment of sin, through the following actions: conviction, in which "the sinner consciously recognizes his sin." [2] abandonment of sin; confession to church authorities and/or other parties wronged by the sin; restitution; keeping God's commandments; forgiving others "Trying is not ...