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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If his repentance is sincere, then the ideological iconoclasm that was supposed to be his great recommendation as secretary of defense is no more.
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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She finds that concepts such as sin, sacrifice and repentance which people had either forgotten or become embarrassed to use have regained meaning in relation to the environment.
"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.
Repentance expiates all sins, even Shirk (associating partners to Allaah).
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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.
And if my repentance is genuine and sustained, and if I can then maintain both a broken spirit and a strong heart, then good can come of this for our country, as well as for me and my family.
Agnes Fallas Kamara-Umunna did her part as the host of a phone-in radio program featuring the stories of victims and perpetrators rape victims and their attackers, child soldiers and warlords forcing an uneasy conversation about responsibility and repentance.
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 principal reason to see this film, as with its predecessor, is Michael Douglas, whose Gordon Gekko, after a spell in jail, looks older, no wiser, but more rueful about his crimes unless, that is, you are cynical enough to believe that repentance itself can be a scam.
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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"Years of exile have allowed me to take a different look at my life, the life of my country and become keenly aware that without repentance, without the recognition of past mistakes, without the courage to build a future, there is no development, " he wrote, issuing a series of apologies for his past deeds.
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