Original-sin synonyms

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carnal sin
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disobedience
Refusal to obey; failure to follow rules, commands, etc.; insubordination
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eating the apple
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fall of man
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mortal-sin
A sin, such as murder or blasphemy, that is so heinous it deprives the soul of sanctifying grace and causes damnation if unforgiven at the time of death.
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sin of Adam
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inborn tendency
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sinfulness
(Uncountable) The property of being sinful.
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wickedness
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
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actual-sin (antonym)
(Theol.) Any sin knowingly committed by an individual
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Find another word for original-sin. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for original-sin, like: carnal sin, disobedience, eating the apple, fall-from-grace, fall of man, mortal-sin, sin of Adam, inborn tendency, sinfulness, wickedness and actual-sin.
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Original-sin Sentence Examples

  • In consequence of His supernatural birth the Saviour, or the second Adam, was free from original sin.

  • In the theological phrase original sin it means the inherited tendency to do wrong.

  • He held a prominent place in the New School branch of the Presbyterians, to which he adhered on the division of the denomination in 1837; he had been tried (but not convicted) for heresy in 1836, the charge being particularly against the views expressed by him in Notes on Romans (1835) of the imputation of the sin of Adam, original sin and the atonement; the bitterness stirred up by this trial contributed towards widening the breach between the conservative and the progressive elements in the church.

  • Truly, a worthy development of the seed-thoughts of the original narrator, and (must we not add ?) entirely opposed to any doctrine of Original Sin.

  • On the belief in the Fall, see Tennant, The Sources of the Doctrine of the Fall and Original Sin (1903).

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