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("remember, man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.") this custom is credited to pope gregory i the great (c. – ). [ ] in the revision of the roman rite , an alternative formula (based on mark : ) was introduced and given first place "repent, and believe in the gospel" and the older formula
was translated as "remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." the old formula, based on the words spoken to adam and eve after their sin , [ ] reminds worshippers of their sinfulness and mortality and thus, implicitly, of their need to repent in time. [ ] the newer formula makes explicit...
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