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  2. Seven deadly sins - Wikipedia

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    The seven deadly sins (also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins) function as a grouping classification of major vices within the teachings of Christianity. [1] According to the standard list, the seven deadly sins in Roman Catholic Church are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth.

  3. Seven-Faceted Blessing - Wikipedia

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    The reason that the Sages of Israel enacted that the seven blessings of the prayer be abridged and recited aloud by the precentor (Heb. shaliach tzibbur) is explained by Rashi in Babylonian Talmud (Shabbat 24b) as being because of an assumed danger (סכנה ‎), namely, in order to delay a little those leaving the synagogue, so that those who arrived late may hear the blessings and leave ...

  4. Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit - Wikipedia

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    The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit is one of several lists of virtues, vices and blessings in Christian devotional literature which follow a scheme of seven. [12] Others include the seven deadly sins, the seven virtues, the seven last words from the cross, the seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer, and the Beatitudes. [13]

  5. Eternal sin - Wikipedia

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    In Christian hamartiology, eternal sin, the unforgivable sin, unpardonable sin, or ultimate sin is the sin which will not be forgiven by God.One eternal or unforgivable sin (blasphemy against the Holy Spirit), also known as the sin unto death, is specified in several passages of the Synoptic Gospels, including Mark 3:28–29, [1] Matthew 12:31–32, [2] and Luke 12:10, [3] as well as other New ...

  6. Jesus Prayer - Wikipedia

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    The name of Jesus is at the heart of Christian prayer. All liturgical prayers conclude with the words "through our Lord Jesus Christ". The Hail Mary reaches its high point in the words "blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus". The Eastern prayer of the heart, the Jesus Prayer, says: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."

  7. 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.

  8. Act of Contrition - Wikipedia

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    [17] The Anglican Communion, which includes the Church of England, The Episcopal Church and other member churches, has its own act of contrition, referred to in the Prayer Book as the General Confession. This is said by the Congregation en masse during worship. The 1662 Book of Common Prayer contains two versions. The first (for use at Matins ...

  9. Abomination (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    Abomination (from Latin abominare 'to deprecate as an ill omen') is an English term used to translate the Biblical Hebrew terms shiqquts שיקוץ ‎ and sheqets שקץ ‎, [1] which are derived from shâqats, or the terms תֹּועֵבָה ‎, tōʻēḇā or to'e'va (noun) or 'ta'ev (verb).