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  2. Metanoia (theology) - Wikipedia

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    The Merriam-Webster Dictionary transliterates the Greek μετάνοια into metanoia and borrowing it as an English word with a definition that matches the Greek: "a transformative change of heart; especially: a spiritual conversion", augmented by an explanation of metanoia's Greek source: "from metanoiein to change one's mind, repent, from ...

  3. Repentance in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Some faithful manifest repentance through penance and mortification of the flesh.. Repentance (a term related to Greek: μετάνοια, romanized: metanoia), in Christianity, refers to being sorrowful for having committed sin and then turning away from sin toward a life of holiness.

  4. Free grace theology - Wikipedia

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    A major number of free grace theologians, including: Harry A. Ironside, Lewis Sperry Chafer, Charles Ryrie, Walvoord, Pentecost, Charlie Bing, and others have taught that repentance (Ancient Greek: μετᾰ́νοιᾰ metanoia) should be treated as a change of mind not as a turning from sin or sorrow for sin. Thus, in this view, repentance is ...

  5. Metanoia - Wikipedia

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    Metanoia, an Ancient Greek word (μετάνοια) meaning "changing one's mind", may refer to: Metanoia (psychology) , the process of experiencing a psychotic "breakdown" and subsequent, positive psychological re-building or "healing"

  6. Kenosis - Wikipedia

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    In Christian theology, kenosis (Ancient Greek: κένωσις, romanized: kénōsis, lit. 'the act of emptying') is the "self-emptying" of Jesus.The word ἐκένωσεν (ekénōsen) is used in the Epistle to the Philippians: "[] made himself nothing" (), [1] or "[he] emptied himself" [2] (Philippians 2:7), using the verb form κενόω (kenóō), meaning "to empty".

  7. Metanoetics - Wikipedia

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    Metanoetics (from Greek: μετανόησις "conversion, repentance" from μετανοῶ "I repent"; zangedō Japanese: 懺悔道 from dō 道 “path” and zange 懺悔 “confession, penance, repentance”) is a neologism coined by Hajime Tanabe in his 1945 work Philosophy as Metanoetics.

  8. List of Coptic monasteries - Wikipedia

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    Metanoia Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (East Alexandria) - (uninhabited) Oktikaidekaton Coptic Orthodox Monastery - - (uninhabited) Pempton Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mariout, Alexandria) - (uninhabited) St. Cyprius (Dair Qabriyus) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Northeast Alexandria) - (uninhabited)

  9. Kairos - Wikipedia

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    Hess's updated definition of kairos concludes that along with taking advantage of the timeliness and appropriateness of a situation, the term also implies being knowledgeable of and involved in the environment where the situation is taking place in order to benefit fully from seizing the opportune moment.