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The doctrine of sin is central to the Christian faith, since its basic message is about redemption in Christ. [2] Hamartiology, a branch of Christian theology which is the study of sin, [3] describes sin as an act of offence against God by despising his persons and Christian biblical law, and by injuring others. [4]
In early Christian thought, the lack of joy was regarded as a willful refusal to enjoy the goodness of God. By contrast, apathy was considered a refusal to help others in times of need. Acēdia is the negative form of the Greek term κηδεία (Kēdeia), which has a more restricted usage. "Kēdeia" refers specifically to spousal love and ...
The Eastern Orthodox Church presents a view of sin distinct from views found in Catholicism and in Protestantism, that sin is viewed primarily as a terminal spiritual sickness, rather than a state of guilt, a self-perpetuating illness which distorts the whole human being and energies, corrupts the Image of God inherent in those who bear the human nature, diminishes the divine likeness within ...
Laurence Vaux's 1583 work, A Catechisme of Christian Doctrine, explains them as follows: The first is voluntary or willful manslaughter. How the innocent blood of Abel cried from the earth to God and how Cain was punished, it is evident. The second is sodomoticial sin: man with man, or woman with woman, against nature. How the cry of this most ...
In Christian hamartiology, eternal sin, the unforgivable sin, unpardonable sin, or ultimate sin is the sin which will not be forgiven by God.One eternal or unforgivable sin (blasphemy against the Holy Spirit), also known as the sin unto death, is specified in several passages of the Synoptic Gospels, including Mark 3:28–29, [1] Matthew 12:31–32, [2] and Luke 12:10, [3] as well as other New ...
Willful sin is when a free moral agent volitionally chooses to transgress a known law of God. Such sin will result in a loss of fellowship with God, self-absorption, an inability to live righteously, and, ultimately, eternal separation from God. The atonement of Christ is the only remedy for sin, whether original, willful or involuntary.
Christian hamartiology describes sin as an act of offense against God by despising his persons and Christian biblical law, and by injuring others. [11] In Christian views it is an evil human act, which violates the rational nature of man as well as God's nature and his eternal law.
Lutherans affirm that mortal sin can destroy faith; [12] [13] for Catholics and Orthodox Christians, justification can also be lost by committing a mortal sin. [14] Anabaptists teach that Christians can apostatize, resulting in a loss of salvation, through disobedience to God and indulgence in sin; [15] for Methodists along with other groups ...