The latter verses he explains in relation to the possibility of repentance: of sinning, repenting, and returning to the Garden of Eden.
"It represents a religion that only deals with personal change and repentance of sins.
The Jainas distinguish between external tapas, such as fasting (including the most severe form, fasting unto death), restricting the intake of food, meditating, and living in seclusion, and internal tapas, such as contemplation, confession, and repentance of sins.
Between the introductory and concluding sections there is a series of intermediate petitions for knowledge, well-being, acceptance of repentance, forgiveness of sin, and others.
His tracts tended to limit the Christian religion to three fundamental tenets: belief in the divinely ordained moral law, belief in the need of sincere repentance for sin, and belief in future rewards and punishments.
It leads to repentance for sins of the previous year, reminds the faithful of the travails of the Jews over time, and harkens back to the shofar blast heard when the Israelites received the Ten Commandments.
Taking the sacrament is a sign of repentance for sins committed in the past and a commitment to follow the commandments in the future.
The Miserere ("Lord, have mercy," Psalm 51) of the ancient Israelite king David expresses repentance for sin with an intensity and depth that has a universal value.
In his view, faith is more than the belief that the teaching of Christ is true; it also results in repentance for sins and in an obedience that leads to eternal life.
Four years ago, to prepare for the third millennium, Pope John Paul II called for the Roman Catholic Church to undertake a year of repentance for the sins of Catholics through the ages.
The immediate effects of faith are repentance and the remission of sin.
