At 08:51 AM 12/5/2001 +0000, you wrote:
artur wrote:Metanoia has a Greek origin and means "profound shift of mind" or paradigm shift. It was repeatedly used by Paul to refer to his own conversion. The word is used in English but is not included in Dictionaries ... in my little duden - German dicitionary for words from foreign languages - it says (in my translation): metanoia: inner turning back, penance so I was wondering a bit about the connection with OS
The problem, I think, lies not with "metanoia" -- which in Koine Greek (New Testament Greek) literally means " a turning around" -- a very major turn around -- as in transformation. When the New Testament was translated into English (and I am sure German) it came out "repentance." Which is probably correct, but limited. Anyhow the association works for me. And who knows -- Open Space may be good for Sin too. ho
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