Good point! Metanoehoh the key, not just metamelomai.
Some suggest that idolatry is the principle sin ...
Well, that's pretty big, but it might come under covetousness, which seems to cover about all of the 10 Commandments -- the desire to have something that is not yours ---
IHS
??(Constantine's motto Latinized)??
Took my breath away — and then gave me new breath. Summer of 1971. Changed my life! And I should thank Him more often.
Same time for me. About April 1971. Life wrecked. Imminent divorce. Read through "Good News," a paraphrase. Agreed with it all. Cried out for the Rescuer. Decision to submit -- May 24, 1971. Second birthday. New spiritual being created. Old things passing away. Tough battle with the old man ahead. Long road begun, but no longer alone ---
Neat, eh?
Stand by for pedantic drivel:
IHS = The first three letters, majuscule, of ΙΗΣΟΥΣ = Jesus in Greek (IESOUS) --minuscule: Ιησους
The form of the 'S' in Greek shows interesting changes. Sometimes it's like a 'C'. So there's the ancient graffito: IC XC = Iesous Christos - first and last letters of each word. But even in the Greek I was taught, a minuscule sigma at the end of a word is like this: ς
I think that shows the similarity to our 'S' and to the 'C'.
Anyway, all over church art there are variations on the IHS sigil.