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Forgiveness and Reconciliation According to the Patristic Tradition

Dragas, George Dion.
June 4, 2015

Source: (2007) In Emmanuel Clapsis, ed., Violence and Christian Spirituality An Ecumenical Conversation. Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches. Pp. 277-286.

“…This renewal is called reconciliation and goes hand in hand with the working force of forgiveness. In the following paragraphs I will try to elucidate these two notions of Christian spirituality by recalling the relevant data from the New Testament and elaborating them on the basis of the patristic tradition.” (abstract)

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