metanoia
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And the word in Greek is metanoia, and it’s worth looking into the root meanings here.
From Salon
And the Greek word “metanoia,” so generally rendered “repentance,” would therefore have to be translated “radical and complete change of thought.”
From Project Gutenberg
He went to scholarship and learnt the true meaning of "metanoia"—that it was "re-thinking" and not "penance"—and he grasped a new view of God there.
From Project Gutenberg
Repentance––the Greek metanoia––means a complete and radical change of thought.”
From Project Gutenberg
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