この辺から conversion(改心/改宗)とは何かについて色々説明があるよ
>Conversion consisted of a sequence of clearly mapped-out steps, each of which was accompanied by a powerful emotion that led the penitent from the terror of eternal damnation through redemption to the promise of heavenly salvation.
改心/改宗にはいくつかのステップがあり 悔い改めた者(改心者/改宗者)を永遠の断罪の恐怖から…
贖罪(罪を償う)を通し…
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