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===Repentance in Eastern Orthodoxy===
{{see also|Eastern Orthodox view of sin}}
The Eastern Orthodox Church holds a non-juridical view of sin, by contrast to the [[atonement (satisfaction view)|satisfaction view]] of [[Atonement in Christianity|atonement]] for sin as articulated in the [[Western Christianity|West]], firstly{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} by [[Anselm of Canterbury]] (as debt of honor){{Request quotation|date=August 2012}} and [[Thomas Aquinas]] (as a moral debt).{{Request quotation|date=August 2012}} The terms used in the East are less legalistic (''grace'', ''punishment''), and more medical (''sickness'', ''healing'') with less exacting precision. Sin, therefore, does not carry with it the guilt for breaking a rule, but rather the impetus to become something more than what men usually are. One repents not because one is or is not virtuous, but because human nature can change. Repentance ({{Langx|grc|μετάνοια}}, ''[[metanoia (theology)|metanoia]]'', "changing one's mind") is not remorse, justification, or punishment, but a continual enactment of one's freedom, deriving from renewed choice and leading to restoration (the return to man's [[Fall of Man|original state]]).<ref name="goarch-repentance">John Chryssavgis, [http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8493.asp "Repentance and Confession - Introduction"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317005146/http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8493.asp |date=2008-03-17 }}. [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. Retrieved 21 March 2008.</ref> This is reflected in the [[Sacred Mystery|Mystery]] of [[Confession (religion)|Confession]] for which, not being limited to a mere confession of sins and presupposing recommendations or penalties, it is primarily that the priest acts in his capacity of spiritual father.<ref name="raduca-2006" /><ref name="russ-catechism">[http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx "An Online Orthodox Catechism"]. [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. Retrieved 21 March 2008.</ref> The Mystery of Confession is linked to the spiritual development of the individual, and relates to the practice of choosing an elder to trust as his or her spiritual guide, turning to him for advice on the personal spiritual development, confessing sins, and asking advice.

As stated at the local Council of Constantinople in 1157, Christ brought his redemptive sacrifice not to the [[God the Father|Father]] alone, but to the [[Trinity]] as a whole. In the [[Eastern Orthodox theology]] redemption is not seen as ''ransom''. It is the ''reconciliation'' of God with man, the manifestation of God's love for humanity. Thus, it is not the anger of God the Father but His love that lies behind the sacrificial death of his son on the cross.<ref name="russ-catechism" />

The redemption of man is not considered to have taken place only in the past, but continues to this day through [[theosis (Eastern Christian theology)|theosis]]. The initiative belongs to God, but presupposes man's active acceptance (not an action only, but an attitude), which is a way of perpetually receiving God.<ref name="goarch-repentance" />