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conversio : conversion; viz., the work of the Holy Spirit according to which the intellect and the will of the sinner are turned toward God in contrition and and faith. Conversion can be distinguished into; 

1) conversio passiva sive habitualis, passive or habitual conversion. commonly called regeneration(regeneratio), in which the will, passively, without any motion of its own, receives by grace alone the habit or disposition (habitus, q.v.) toward repentance and new life in Christ. Because the work of the conversio passiva begins in God and passes to the human subject, it is also called conversio transitiva, transitive conversion, a conversion that passes over from one being to another. 

2) Conversio activa sive actualis, active or actual conversion, commonly called conversion (conversio) without modifier in which the regenerated will actually and actively turns toward God; i.e., the human side of conversion, the actual repentance or metanoia. 

Because the conversio activa is confined to the human subject, it is sometimes called conversio intransitiva, intransitive conversion, or conversion that does not pass over from one being to another. 

Conversio activa is sometimes also called regeneratio secunda, a second or further regreneration, belonging to the renovation(renovatio, q.v.) of the individual