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Could Faustus have saved his soul had he repented to God before facing his impending damnation? Coming from a Christian upraising and parochial schooling, I would have to think that Faustus could have saved himself. I was always under the assumption that sincere repentance could be given at any time in one’s life for salvation. God is not an angry and merciless being. Being born with original sin, salvation may be gained no matter wh…

…d Faustus had been saved had he repented at the hour of his damnation?” Yes! Everyman’s fate lie in his own hands as did Faustus’s; repent and enjoy the eternal heavens or do nothing and endure the horrors of hell forever. It’s a shame Faustus thought it a lost cause to repent at the moments before his death, because, after all, “It’s never too late.”