Penance

Self-control, an invaluable social gain from early evolutionary religion, is exemplified in penance as the negative form of the ritual of renunciation. 89:3.3

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Poverty and penance 89:3.3 — Gn 37:34; 1 Ki 21:27; Est 4:1-4; Is 37:1-2; Is 58:3-5; Jon 3:5-6.

Where it appears

Penance is linked in 1 paragraph of the text.

See also

• repentance