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2. Sacrament of Penance - Wikipedia

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   The Sacrament of Penance [a] (also commonly called the Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession) is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church (known in Eastern Christianity as sacred mysteries), in which the faithful are absolved from sins committed after baptism and reconciled with the Christian community.

3. Repentance in Christianity - Wikipedia

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   Thus, in this view repentance is viewed as a synonym for faith. [18] [19] [20] A second view was suggested by Zane C. Hodges in which repentance is defined as turning from one's sins, but repentance is not a requirement for eternal life, only faith in Christ. Zane Hodges presented this view in his book "Harmony with God", where he argued that ...

4. Confession (religion) - Wikipedia

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   Modern confessional in the Church of the Holy Name, Dunedin, New Zealand.The penitent may kneel on the kneeler or sit in a chair facing the priest (not shown) In Catholic Christian teaching, the Sacrament of Penance is the method by which individuals confess any sins they have committed after their baptism; these sins are then absolved by God through the administration of a priest, who assigns ...

5. Metanoia (theology) - Wikipedia

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   In its Confirmation exegesis, the Minnehaha United Methodist Church of Minneapolis, Minnesota notes, 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.

6. Penance - Wikipedia

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   The Lutheran Church teaches two key parts in repentance (contrition and faith), and explicitly reject the need or practice of Catholic-style penance. [1] Faith and trust in Jesus' complete active and passive satisfaction is what receives the forgiveness and salvation won by him and imparted to the penitent by the word of absolution.

7. When is Ash Wednesday 2011? - AOL

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   Lent is a season of repentance, Photo by Maureen Lunn on Flickr Ash Wednesday 2011 will mark the beginning of the season of Lent in the Catholic Church. The date of the observance differs each ...

8. Sinner's prayer - Wikipedia

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   William Holman Hunt's 19th century The Light of the World is an allegory of Jesus knocking on the door of the sinner's heart.. The Sinner's prayer (also called the Consecration prayer and Salvation prayer) is a Christian evangelical term referring to any prayer of repentance, prayed by individuals who feel sin in their lives and have the desire to form or renew a personal relationship.

9. Contrition - Wikipedia

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   The Augsburg Confession, the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church, divides repentance into two parts: "One is contrition, that is, terrors smiting the conscience through the knowledge of sin; the other is faith, which is born of the Gospel, or of absolution, and believes that for Christ's sake, sins are forgiven, comforts the ...