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<p> '''''kon´trı̄t''''' , '''''kontrish´un''''' ( דּכּא , <i> '''''dakkā'''''' </i> , "bruise"): Only in Old [[Testament]] ( | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2780" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' kon´trı̄t ''''' , ''''' kontrish´un ''''' ( דּכּא , <i> ''''' dakkā' ''''' </i> , "bruise"): Only in Old [[Testament]] ( Psalm 34:18; Psalm 51:17; Isaiah 57:15 ); נכה , <i> ''''' nakheh ''''' </i> , "smitten" ( Isaiah 66:2 ). Contrite, "crushed," is only the superlative of "broken"; "a contrite heart" is "a heart broken to pieces." In [[Holy]] Scripture, the heart is the seat of all feeling, whether joy or sorrow. A contrite heart is one in which the natural pride and self-sufficiency have been completely humbled by the consciousness of guilt. The theological term "contrition" designates more than is found in these passages. It refers to the grief experienced as a consequence of the revelation of sin made by the preaching of the law ( Jeremiah 23:29 ). The Augsburg [[Confession]] (Article Xii ) analyzes repentance into two parts: "Contrition and faith," the one the fruit of the preaching of the law, the other of the gospel. While contrition has its degrees, and is not equal in all persons, the promise of forgiveness is not dependent upon the degree of contrition, but solely upon the merit of Christ. It is not simply a precondition of faith, but, as hatred of sin, combined with the purpose, by God's aid, to overcome it, grows with faith. </p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:03, 16 October 2021
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
kon´trı̄t , kontrish´un ( דּכּא , dakkā' , "bruise"): Only in Old Testament ( Psalm 34:18; Psalm 51:17; Isaiah 57:15 ); נכה , nakheh , "smitten" ( Isaiah 66:2 ). Contrite, "crushed," is only the superlative of "broken"; "a contrite heart" is "a heart broken to pieces." In Holy Scripture, the heart is the seat of all feeling, whether joy or sorrow. A contrite heart is one in which the natural pride and self-sufficiency have been completely humbled by the consciousness of guilt. The theological term "contrition" designates more than is found in these passages. It refers to the grief experienced as a consequence of the revelation of sin made by the preaching of the law ( Jeremiah 23:29 ). The Augsburg Confession (Article Xii ) analyzes repentance into two parts: "Contrition and faith," the one the fruit of the preaching of the law, the other of the gospel. While contrition has its degrees, and is not equal in all persons, the promise of forgiveness is not dependent upon the degree of contrition, but solely upon the merit of Christ. It is not simply a precondition of faith, but, as hatred of sin, combined with the purpose, by God's aid, to overcome it, grows with faith.
