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Sin — • A moral evil Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sin Sin † Catholic Encyclopedia ► … Catholic encyclopedia
Original sin — For other uses, see Original Sin (disambiguation). Original sin[1] is, according to a theological doctrine, humanity s state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man.[2] This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as… … Wikipedia
Pat Sin Leng Country Park — (established August 18 1978), Plover Cove Country Park (established April 7 1978) and Plover Cove Extension Country Park (established June 1 1979) are country parks of Hong Kong, LocationHills, water, trees and flowers all the elements of the… … Wikipedia
The Sacrament of Penance — The Sacrament of Penance † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… … Catholic encyclopedia
Heaven — • In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Gen., i, 20, speaks of the birds under the firmament of heaven . In other passages it denotes the region of… … Catholic encyclopedia
ESCHATOLOGY — In general, the term eschatology designates the doctrine concerning the last things. The word last can be understood either absolutely as referring to the ultimate destiny of mankind in general or of each individual man, or relatively as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
peccable — I adjective bad, below par, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, defective, erring, exceptionable, fallen, fallible, faulty, flawed, guilty, illaudable, imperfect, inadequate, iniquitous, lacking, lax, less than perfect, liable to err,… … Law dictionary
fragile — 1510s, liable to sin, morally weak; c.1600, liable to break; a back formation from fragility, or else from M.Fr. fragile (14c.), from L. fragilis (see FRAGILITY (Cf. fragility)). Transferred sense of frail (of persons) is from 1858 … Etymology dictionary
Apollinarianism — • Fourth century Christological heresy propounded by Apollinaris of Laodicea. The theory that Jesus had a human body and soul, but that the Logos took the place of the human spirit or mind in Jesus. Solemnly condemned at the Council of… … Catholic encyclopedia
impeccable — (adj.) 1530s, not capable of sin, from M.Fr. impeccable (15c.) or directly from L.L. impeccabilis not liable to sin, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + pecare to sin, of unknown origin. Meaning faultless is from … Etymology dictionary
