2. Noun. Spiritual (conversion). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metanoia
1. repentance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metanoia
Literary usage of Metanoia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Southern Review by Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1874)
"Of " metanoia," as Jesus used the word, the lamenting one's sins was a small ...
But he might have learned a much better thing respecting ' metanoia' from ..."
2. The Christian Science Journal by Mary Baker Eddy (1895)
"It conveys to us spiritual transfiguration through this understanding of Divine
Principle. Reading this word metanoia in its true meaning, ..."
3. The Real Christian by Simon Peter Jacobs (1899)
"Accordingly, De Quincy remarks: " I understand by metanoia a revolution of ...
Liddell and Scott define metanoia, "afterthought, a change of mind on ..."
4. Survivals in Christianity: Studies in the Theology of Divine Immanence by Charles James Wood (1893)
"We are born into the Kingdom of God by metanoia,1 repentance, conversion, ...
we are brought into vital union with the holy God, which results in metanoia. ..."
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