SOC250Y1 Lecture : November 30, 2011 Lecture
Document Summary
Converts were said to be awakened and reborn a transformative redemption that secured and immediate bestowal of charis or grace and the promise of eternal salvation. Spiritual rebirth was achieved thru baptism a sacred ceremonial Paul"s injunction to expel gross sinners from the community. The special repentance on offer is retrospective only covering all past but no future offenses. For the first and only repentance of sins should be for those committed previously by the gentile i mean during his first life lived in ignorance. For repentance is immediately set before those who are called and purifies the region of the soul form all that is discordant providing a foundation for faith. Several prominent bishops, notable callistus of rome chose to modify radically the traditional distinction between venial and mortal sins through rulings that extended priestly powers of absolution to those ho repented of fornication and adultery.
