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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French repentir, from Medieval Latin repoenitēre, from [[Latin]] re- + Late Latin poenitēre to feel regret, alteration of Latin paenitēre   

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French repentir, from Medieval Latin repoenitēre, from [[Latin]] re- + Late Latin poenitēre to feel regret, alteration of Latin paenitēre   

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Forgiveness]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Forgiveness '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Forgiveness]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Forgiveness '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Description==

==Description==

'''Repentance''' is [[choosing]] to turn to [[God]]. In [[religious]] [[contexts]] it usually refers to [[confession]] to God, ceasing [[sin]] against God, and resolving to live according to religious [[law]]. It typically includes an admission of [[guilt]], a [[promise]] or resolve not to repeat the offense; an attempt to make restitution for the wrong, or in some way to reverse the harmful [[effects]] of the wrong where possible.

'''Repentance''' is [[choosing]] to turn to [[God]]. In [[religious]] [[contexts]] it usually refers to [[confession]] to God, ceasing [[sin]] against God, and resolving to live according to religious [[law]]. It typically includes an admission of [[guilt]], a [[promise]] or resolve not to repeat the offense; an attempt to make restitution for the wrong, or in some way to reverse the harmful [[effects]] of the wrong where possible.

In Biblical [[Hebrew]], the [[idea]] of repentance is [[represented]] by two verbs: שוב shuv (to return) and נחם nicham (to [[feel]] [[sorrow]]). In the [[New Testament]], the [[word]] translated as 'repentance' is the Greek word μετάνοια (metanoia), "after/behind one's [[mind]]", which is a compound word of the preposition 'meta' (after, with), and the verb 'noeo' (to [[perceive]], to [[think]], the result of perceiving or [[observing]]). In this compound word the preposition combines the two [[meanings]] of [[time]] and [[change]], which may be denoted by 'after' and '[[different]]'; so that the whole compound means: 'to [[think]] [[differently]] after'. Metanoia is therefore primarily an after-[[thought]], different from the former thought; a [[change]] of [[mind]] accompanied by regret and change of [[conduct]], "[[change]] of [[mind]] and [[heart]]", or, "change of [[consciousness]]". A description of repentance in the [[New Testament]] can be found in the [[parable]] of the prodigal son found in the [[Gospel of Luke]] ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_15 chapter 15] beginning at verse 11).

In Biblical [[Hebrew]], the [[idea]] of repentance is [[represented]] by two verbs: שוב shuv (to return) and נחם nicham (to [[feel]] [[sorrow]]). In the [[New Testament]], the [[word]] translated as 'repentance' is the Greek word μετάνοια (metanoia), "after/behind one's [[mind]]", which is a compound word of the preposition 'meta' (after, with), and the verb 'noeo' (to [[perceive]], to [[think]], the result of perceiving or [[observing]]). In this compound word the preposition combines the two [[meanings]] of [[time]] and [[change]], which may be denoted by 'after' and '[[different]]'; so that the whole compound means: 'to [[think]] [[differently]] after'. Metanoia is therefore primarily an after-[[thought]], different from the former thought; a [[change]] of [[mind]] accompanied by regret and change of [[conduct]], "[[change]] of [[mind]] and [[heart]]", or, "change of [[consciousness]]". A description of repentance in the [[New Testament]] can be found in the [[parable]] of the prodigal son found in the [[Gospel of Luke]] ([https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_15 chapter 15] beginning at verse 11).

[[Category: Religion]]

[[Category: Religion]]