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Repentance (Metanoia)

Metanoia — not mere regret but a whole-life turning, the change of mind the gospel calls for

Repentance, metanoia in Greek, is the turning of the whole person away from sin and toward God. It is a change of both mind and life, the response the gospel calls for when Jesus says "repent and believe" (Mark 1:15) and Peter urges "repent and be baptized" (Acts 2:38). The Fathers developed it beyond a single moment into the ongoing conversion of the baptized throughout their lives.

How it traveled

  1. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  2. Ephraim Syrus: The Nisibene Hymns
    Edessa · 373
    explains
  3. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    explains
  4. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
    explains
  5. Concerning Repentance
    Milan · 397
    explains
  6. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  7. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  8. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  9. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  10. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  11. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  12. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  13. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  14. The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  15. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  16. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    applies
  17. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  18. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  19. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  20. The Confessions
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  21. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  22. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  23. A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  24. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    explains
  25. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  26. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
    explains
  27. Commentary on Galatians
    Wittenberg · 1546
    explains
  28. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
    explains
  29. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
    explains
  30. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  31. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  32. XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    redefines
  33. Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  34. Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  35. The great christian doctrine of original sin defended
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  36. Narrative of Surprising Conversions
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  37. Inquiry Concerning Qualification for Communion
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  38. Seven Sermons. On Important Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  39. Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated, in Reply to the Rev. Solomon Williams
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  40. Five Sermons. On Different Occasions
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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