| 单词 | original sin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoriginal sin original sin n. Theology a state of corruption or sinfulness, or a tendency to evil, supposedly innate in all human beings and held to be inherited from Adam as a consequence of the Fall; opposed to actual sin (see actual adj. 1) (the concept of original sin was established by the writings of St Augustine of Hippo (354–430)). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [noun] > original fleshc1200 original sinc1350 falla1400 birth poison1528 birth sin?1546 fall from grace1560 lapse1659 lapse from grace1687 birth stain1820 felix culpa1963 c1350Original sin [see sense A. 2a]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1 (MED) The grete Senne original, Which every man in general Upon his berthe hath envenymed. a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 35 (MED) Of þe original sinne..þou arte clensid in þi baptyme. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 3395 Whanne Man to þe werld was bornn He was browth to Holy Kyrke,..And wesch fro orygynal synne so dyrke. 1562 Articles of Relig. ix Of Original or Birth-sin. 1656 A. Cowley Mistress (new ed.) 75 in Poems Though in thy Thoughts scarce any Tracks have been, So much as of Original Sin. 1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 27 The Pagans knew nothing of what was called since, Original Sin. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xcv. 324 Experience..whether it talks of Original Sin or adopts some less scholastic phrase, will recognize that the tendencies to evil in human nature are..as various and abiding even in the most civilised societies, as its impulses to good. 1991 J. Levesque Rosseter's Memory i. 15 The Church said you were tainted with original sin and the doctor gave you a cuff on the bum on behalf of the state. < as lemmas |
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