The priest acts in the person of Christ to forgive and also acts to represent
those affected by the sin as often you can not seek forgiveness from the person (s) you actually offended.
Therefore one can not say that human nature has been fundamentally
affected by sin or transformed into evil.
Everything was negatively
affected by sin, and Jesus seeks to reverse the effects of the fall, wherever they are found.
Not exact matches
Simply put, the beliefs and understandings that directly
affect our salvation are the essentials (Jesus, His divinity, His death and Resurrection for the forgiveness of our
sins, our ability to be in relationship with God through His Son and Spirit and how our life should be lived as taught
by the Bible etc.).
Therefore it is not
affected by the profound wounding of human nature caused
by the
sin of Adam which happened at the origins of our species.
The issue now is how the present act of self - determination should be
affected by promises made or
sins committed in earlier acts.
In denying that our morality is
affected by the actions (not to say
sins) of others, Pelagianism represents moral individualism gone mad.
Jesus Christ wants to deliver people, which are
affected by the original
sin.
But whether he intended to tell his readers that death, as a biological fact, is the consequence of one man's
sin (namely, Adam's) becoming contagious and hence
affecting all men, is
by no means entirely certain.
Living in a world
affected by the first
sin of Adam it is difficult for us to conceive of a world free from its effects.
He understands that as wrong, so it is something that you can highlight from scripture as a picture of man's
sin where here in the US more people may be
affected and see
sin by showing the need to be sexually pure.
Adam's
sin of disobedience to God was imitated
by his descendants, but the penalty of death which was given him
affected even those who did not, like him,
sin.
Ejiofor leads an exceptional ensemble of actors, all of whom superbly portray characters
affected and compromised in some way
by the
sin of slavery, but it Northup's extraordinary redemptive journey that gives the film its satisfying and emotionally overwhelming impact.
Religious instruction, said Figlio and Ludwig, «could
affect students» «tastes» for misbehavior, or increase the perceived costs of misbehavior
by defining a number of activities as
sins that have eternal consequences.»
Religious instruction «could
affect students» «tastes» for misbehavior, or increase the perceived costs of misbehavior
by defining a number of activities as
sins that have eternal consequences.»