Chapter 8: RepentanceTurning Away from Sin and Self

In brief

Is “calling on the name of the Lord” enough to be saved? Seaich says no. Read in context, Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13 assume repentance. The Greek metanoia and the Hebrew shub both mean a “turning away” from what harms us, not the earning of merit. Repentance is not a good work that buys salvation. It removes what would keep a person from receiving grace, or what might draw a saved person back into sin.

This page summarizes Chapter 8 of Understanding Mormonism: The Restored Gospel of Christ and Its Biblical Foundations in Latter-day Saint Belief by Eugene Seaich (2026 Annotated Edition, edited by Eric Hendrickson). The summary is quoted from the book’s “In brief” and is editorial material, not the author’s words. The full chapter, with its notes and argument, is in the book.

Independent scholarship by Eugene Seaich. Not an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.