conversio

The renouncing of the world was known as the conversio a sæculo, which had as its object a reform or change of life, the conversio morum, hence conversi or the "converted".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The Latin conversio, whence comes the English "conversion," is a translation of the Greek metanoia, meaning a change of mind or heart.

Archive 2007-03-01 Mike L 2007

The Latin conversio, whence comes the English "conversion," is a translation of the Greek metanoia, meaning a change of mind or heart.

Turning toward the Lord Mike L 2007

“When the will abandons the higher, and turns to what is lower, it becomes evil — not because that is evil to which it turns, but because the turning is perverse (sed quia perversa est ipsa conversio).”

PROBLEM OF EVIL RADOSLAV A. TSANOFF 1968

The vow was threefold, comprising _stablitas_, perpetual adherence to the monastic order; _conversio morum_, especially voluntary poverty and chastity, which were always regarded as the very essence of monastic piety under all its forms; and _obedientia coram Deo et sanctis ejus_, absolute obedience to the abbot, as the representative of God and

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 Various

They followed the Augustinian Rule and promised stability, conversio morum, and obedience according to the constitutions.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Sanctifying grace therefore enters into the moral order, not as an act that passes but as a permanent tendency which exists even when the subject who possesses it does not act; it is a turning towards God, conversio ad Deum.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

All the legislation of the Rule, the constant repression of self, the conforming of one's every action to a definite standard, and the continuance of this form of life to the end of one's days, is directed towards "putting off the old man and putting on the new", and thereby accomplishing the conversio morum which is inseparable from a life-long perseverance in the maxims of the Rule.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

As is immediately evident, conversion (conversio) is something more than mere change (mutatio).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Transubstantiation, however, is not a conversion simply so called, but a substantial conversion (conversio substantialis), inasmuch as one thing is substantially or essentially converted into another.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913