And they chose to die–for all could have saved themselves by “confession”–not for a cause, not for “civil rights,” not even to defeat the error that hanged them, but for their own credit on earth and in heaven: they would not say they were witches when they were not. They liv...
Each member was to take vows of faith and absolutesecrecy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The priest is bound under the severest penalties to maintain the seal of confession, absolutesecrecy about any sins revealed to him in con...
says that Adam sins either alone or together with his wife, who is referred to in the Quran as (gender-neutral) “partner” (Arabic:zawǧ). However, classical works of exegesis reproduce these elements again and again, and they do not cast the first woman in a favorable light (Ibid.,...
Conventionally, confession is an admission to a wrongdoing; it is inherently followed by pardon. In the book 1, Augustine acknowledges the forgiving nature of God and his desire to be forgiven by God. He does not only beseech God to forgive him for his sins, but also intercedes for his ...
InConfessionsby St. Augustine, we can follow the path which St. Augustine went through in his philosophical and religious views. “The work is a tour de force of confession, a highly intimate and often lyrical confession of praises and of thanksgiving, of sins, and of faith, by a mortal...
The freedom of choosing right and wrong is in his hands, despite the rejoinder that man will pay for his sins. Dmitry has exercised this freedom during his lifetime, although his conscience cannot give him peace. Dmitry grapples with the fear of going to hell according to the Christian ...