Starotestamentalne wezwanie do pokuty za grzechy i nawrócenia

• Authors: Sobolewski Zbigniew

Title variants

EN

Call for repenance and conversion in the Old Testament

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Not only in the Old Testament, but in the pagan religions we meet with many forms of penance for sins and conversion. This raises the desire of reparation of evil done and liberation from sins. God in the Old Testament very often called to conversion both individual persons as well as the whole community of Israel. He revealed His mercy, kindness and graciousness for people whose sins remain unpaid by excusing of the sentence. The readiness to forgive sins of those, who repent and the will to bestow them with peace fully expresses His kindness and mercy. The author in the present article discusses the necessity and nature of penance, to which the just and at the same time merciful God urges his people. Then, the hardness and impiety, idolatry and resistance will be shown, because they brought the right punishment of God and shut out the possibility of forgiveness and reconciliation. Finally, the common penitential practices and penitential liturgy in the Old Testament will be discussed, as they express the desire of sincere conversion. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving became in Christianity the main practices, which serve to obtain the forgiveness of sins and rebuild the communion with God.

Keywords

PL

formy pokuty; pokuta; duch pokutny; modlitwa; post; jałmużna; zatwardziałość serca; nawrócenie.

EN

forms of penance; penance; spirit of penance; prayer; fast; alms; hardness of heart; conversion

• Publisher: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne im. św. Jana Pawła II Diecezji Siedleckiej
• Journal: Teologiczne Studia Siedleckie
• Year: 2013
• Issue: X/10
• Pages: 105-123

Dates

published

2013-12-07

Contributors

author

Sobolewski Zbigniew

• WSD Siedlce

Identifiers

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.5558619