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sinned
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vb. (en-pastsin)
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n. estrangement from god [syn: sinfulness , wickedness ] an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will [syn: sinning ] ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle [syn: sine ] (Akkadian) god of the moon; ...
Usage examples of sinned.
The Jews therefore sinned, as crucifiers not only of the Man-Christ, but also as of God.
The Jews also of the common order sinned most grievously as to the kind of their sin: yet in one respect their crime was lessened by reason of their ignorance.
Objection 1: It would seem that if man had not sinned, God would still have become incarnate.
Therefore, even if man had not sinned, God would have become incarnate.
For some say that even if man had not sinned, the Son of Man would have become incarnate.
For if man had not sinned, he would have been endowed with the light of Divine wisdom, and would have been perfected by God with the righteousness of justice in order to know and carry out everything needful.
For if He had not done so, all would have perished together, since all have sinned and need the glory of God.
For the first man sinned by seeking knowledge, as is plain from the words of the serpent, promising to man the knowledge of good and evil.
A penitent can give a praiseworthy example, not by having sinned, but by freely bearing the punishment of sin.
Adam, before he sinned, by reason of original justice: so that, in this respect, the grace of sanctification in the Virgin had the force of original justice.
Adam, because in him all nations sinned originally, as is clear from Rom.
But to be always in the state of beatitude befits neither man nor angel: for if they had been created in beatitude, they would not have sinned afterwards.
Secondly, especially the fall of the Jews and of the others who sinned in His death chiefly of the apostles, who were scandalized at His Passion.
Lord, God of the righteous, hast not appointed repentance to the righteous, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, nor to those who sinned not against Thee.
Because man should always be displeased at having sinned, for if he were to be pleased thereat, he would for this very reason fall into sin and lose the fruit of pardon.