Without a "sign of repentance before death, a religious burial can be refused, " the decree states.
But, Ben says, it also stated that these sins could be overcome with restraint and repentance.
Not for them the sackcloth and ashes of their fathers and repentance for crimes they did not commit.
To finish the look, his tidy mustache and makeup-free face communicate inner pain and attrition, if not overt repentance.
"The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and he responds to repentance, " Graham said.
Is it your impression, Emily Yoffe, that people want to skip right to the forgiveness part without the repentance part?
At least two more things: First, genuine repentance, a determination to change and to repair breaches of my own making.
However, if he sincerely repents to Allaah, Allaah will accept his repentance.
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There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life.
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"Homosexual genital acts fall short of the Christian ideal and are to be met with a call to repentance and the exercise of compassion, " according to Anglican doctrine.
Clinton's lawyers finally answered those 81 questions that Judiciary chairman Henry Hyde had sent him three weeks before, but the answers were forgetful, slippery and showed no trace of repentance.
Second, I will continue on the path of repentance seeking pastoral support and those of other -- and that of other caring people so that they can hold me accountable for my own commitment.
"Since he cannot resume his previous occupation or continue to live in Vatican City, the Holy See, trusting in his sincere repentance, wishes to offer him the possibility of returning to a serene family life, " it said.
Repentance is always welcome from a politician, as Bill Clinton is finding, and when in 1982 Mr Wallace was elected governor of Alabama for a fourth time his supporters included many forgiving blacks, and he included blacks in his administration.
"I wonder if your repentance is genuine or, as I suspect, if your apology, cloaked in remorse that you had been too ambitious, is yet another demonstration of your evident belief that you, and only you, have ambitions for pupils and schools, " Ms Bousted will say.
The theme for the upcoming Thoughts on the Business of Life page in the Oct. 24 issue of FORBES is repentance, partially in honor of the Jewish holy days but also as a nod to the general somber mood the Western World seems to be in right now.
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