Prayer, Repentance, and Spiritual Life · Lecture 061
On Repentance and Confession
A lecture by Dimitrios Panagopoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Repentance and confession are the gate and the key of the Kingdom, Dimitrios Panagopoulos argues, and they require conversion rather than repeated words. He warns against nominal Christianity, against approaching Holy Communion unexamined, and against the plea that confession is unnecessary for one who has neither killed nor stolen. Distinguishing the conjugal life according to nature, virginity above nature, and fornication contrary to nature, he sets out the apostolic call to flee immorality (1 Corinthians 6:9-20). Sins of the tongue — gossip, slander, condemnation, and the willing ear that receives them — equally demand repentance, since they destroy another's honour. He urges the choice of a discerning spiritual father whose diagnosis is honest even when strict, treats the Lord's Day as a serious obligation, and asks that bodily rest be joined to prayer and worship.
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