actual sin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of actual sin
First recorded in 1450–1500
Example Sentences
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Between 1983 and 2013, Felton published more than a dozen books, with the collective message that clutter was, if not an actual sin, at least a failure of self-understanding.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 8, 2014
By the dogma of the immaculate conception, Roman Catholics regard the Virgin Mary as a unique human person, by virtue of being without original or actual sin.
From Time Magazine Archive
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C. M. Original and actual sin confessed and pardoned.
From The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship by Watts, Isaac
Now this inordinate disposition of nature is a kind of habit, whereas the inordinate disposition of an act is not: and for this reason original sin can be a habit, whereas actual sin cannot.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
The end of Penance is to destroy actual sin.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous
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