Christian hamartiology

thumb|Depiction of the sin of Adam and Eve ([[The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Pieter Paul Rubens)]]

Christian belief in the state of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man

term in Christianity, that means saving of the soul from sin and its consequences

sinful act which can lead to damnation if a person does not repent of the sin before death

parable of Jesus: “the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.” (Mt 13:47–48)

Calvinist doctrine that the fall of humankind enslaves all to sin and makes them need justification

thumb|The title page of Poetics (Aristotle)|Aristotle's Poetics

REDIRECT Christian views on sin

sin that does not result in eternal damnation in Hell

thumb|upright=1.25|Saint Peter Repentant 1823–25, Goya

viewpoints of sin according to the Bible

act that violates divine law and is unforgivable by God

doctrine that the sins of our ancestors lead to the punishment of their descendants

repudiation of the Christian faith

four specific sins for which God will deliver his justice (murder, sin of Sodom, oppression of the poor, defrauding workers)

Impeccability is an inability to sin, while sinlessness refers to an absence of actual sin. The Abrahamic religions teach impeccability to be an attribute of God. Logically God cannot sin: it would mean that God would act against God's own will and nature. Impeccability is therefore also attributed to Jesus Christ in Christianity. The Letter to the Hebrews asserts that Christ "did not sin". Islam further teaches a concept of , the sinlessness or impeccability of prophets, which has been compared to Papal infallibility in early Catholic doctrine.

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