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  • 21penitence — penitence, repentance, contrition, attrition, compunction, remorse denote sorrow or regret for sin or wrongdoing. Penitence implies little more than such sorrow or regret {the outward signs of penitence} {all calls to penitence fall on deaf ears …

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  • 22Penance — is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Catholic and Orthodox Christian Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. The word penance derives from Old French and Latin poenitentia , both of which derive from the same root… …

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  • 23Absolution — • The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Absolution     Absolution      …

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  • 24aftermind — noun A new or changed way of thinking, often as a result of repentance; a renewed mind. Now, brethren, what we want you to mark is this, repentance is not the gushing forth of tears from the fountain of a mans head, under the pressure of… …

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  • 25Defensor minor — The Defensor minor is a work by Marsilius of Padua written around 1342. The Defensor minor is a restatement and defense of Marsilius s best known work, the Defensor pacis.[1] The text discusses civil and ecclesiastical jurisdiction, the… …

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  • 26Cultural Christian — A cultural Christian is a secular or irreligious individual who still significantly identifies with Christian culture. The term is used, for example, by atheist[1] Richard Dawkins in reference to himself.[2] Likewise, non believing sex… …

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  • 27Jesus in Islam — Isa redirects here. For other uses, see Isa (disambiguation). This article is part of th …

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  • 28The Ladder of Divine Ascent — or Ladder of Paradise (Κλίμαξ; Scala or Climax Paradisi ) is an important work for monasticism in Eastern Christianity, composed by John Climacus in ca. AD 600, at the request of John, Abbot of Raithu, a monastery situated on the shores of the… …

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  • 29JUDGES (Heb. שׁוֹפְטִים), BOOK OF — JUDGES (Heb. שׁוֹפְטִים), BOOK OF, the second book in the second section of the Bible, called Prophets (Nevi im). (See Table: Book of Judges – Contents.) The Book of Judges is named for the series of charismatic leaders of the period between the… …

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  • 30George MacDonald — Infobox Writer name = George MacDonald birthdate = birth date|1824|12|10|mf=y birthplace = Huntly, Scotland deathdate = death date and age|1905|9|18|1824|12|10|mf=y deathplace = Ashtead (Surrey), England occupation = Minister, Poet, Novelist… …

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