John Chrysostom (347-407), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Repentance
Five Ways of Repentance:
- A first path of repentance is the condemnation of your own sins: Be the first to admit your sins and you will be justified…
- Another and no less valuable one is to put out of our minds the harm done us by our enemies, in order to master our anger, and to forgive our fellow servants’ sins against us…
- Do you want to know of a third path? It consists of prayer that is fervent, careful and comes from the heart.
- If you want to hear of a fourth, I will mention almsgiving, whose power is great and far-reaching.
- If, moreover, a man lives a modest, humble life, that, no less than the other things I have mentioned, takes sin away…
Thus I have shown you five paths of repentance; condemnation of your own sins, forgiveness of our neighbor’s sins against us, prayer, almsgiving and humility. Do not be idle, then, but walk daily in all these paths; they are easy, and you cannot plead your poverty.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Repentance
One who has sinned cannot escape retribution in any other way than by repentance corresponding to his sin.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
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No one is as good and kind as the Lord is; but He does not forgive one who does not repent.
— Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
Confession, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Repentance
Blessed the one who continually remembers the fear of Gehenna and hastens with tears and groans to repent sincerely in the Lord, for he will be delivered from the great tribulation.
–Saint Ephrem of Syria (c. 306-373)
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Not to sin is truly blessed; but those who sin should not despair, but grieve over the sins they have committed, so that, through grief they may again attain blessedness.
–Saint Ephrem of Syria (c. 306 – 373)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (how), Quote Topic, Repentance
Let your prayer be completely simple. For both the publican and the prodigal son were reconciled to God by a single phrase.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
