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Sin is both the overstepping of a line and the failure to reach it—both transgression and shortcoming. Sin is a missing of the mark, a spoiling of goods, a staining of garments, a hitch in one’s gait, a wandering from the path, a fragmenting of the whole. Sin is what culpably disturbs shalom.
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Nov 8, 2016 · Abstract. Over the last fifty years studies of Anselm of Canterbury's concept of divine justice have delivered different results. The aim of this article is to present the results of a new comprehensive inquiry, based on the interpretation of key passages about justice in Anselm's theological works. The article argues that Anselm works with ...
- Bernard J. D. van Vreeswijk
- 2016
“sin” (hamartia) amounts to a “falling short” (hysterountai) because any human achievement itself, whether inconsequential or praiseworthy, is inadequate in comparison with divine “glory” (doxa).
The Oxford English Dictionary defines sin as ‘A transgression of the divine law and an offence against God, a violation (especially wilful or deliberate) of some religious or moral principle.’. According to this definition, a sin is committed when someone does something wrong: human beings are the subject and sin the object.
In a nutshell, one's concept of the holiness of God is directly connected to and governed by his understanding of the exceeding sinfulness of sin. The aim of this doctrinal study is to allow the student to clearly see both the purity of the one and the perversion of the other.
18 Wheels of Justice is an American action drama television series starring Lucky Vanous, G. Gordon Liddy, and Billy Dee Williams. It aired from 2000 to 2001 on TNN. The series was developed by Richard C. Okie, who had previously been an executive producer on the similar show Renegade.
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Apr 15, 2021 · In addition to considering sin as action, disposition, and state, the present article also addresses the noetic effects of sin (section 5) and the idea of structural sin (section 6), according to which sin can be embedded in the structures of various social systems. 1. Approaching Sin within a Religious Tradition.
