Sin
Wrongdoing considered as an offence against God, and its origin, kinds and remedy.
Works to read
- The rich sinner dying, Psalm 49. 6 9. Eccl. 8. 8. Job 3. 14 15 by Isaac Watts, 1707
- Richard III by William Shakespeare, c. 1592-93 (published 1597)
- Fire and Ice by Robert Frost, 1920; collected 1923
- Selected Sermons by George Whitefield, 1739-1770
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798 (revised 1817)
- The Sickness Unto Death by Soren Kierkegaard, 1849
- The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton, 1911
- The Bridal Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter I) by Sigrid Undset, 1920 (English 1923)
- Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis, 1952
- St. Patrick's Writings by Patrick of Ireland; Muirchu; Tirechan, 5th century; later legends 7th century
- The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 1764
Passages
From the texts
But if a sinner who is penitent pour out prayers, especially if he has committed any crime of sorcery, does he receive pardon through the intercession of those demons by whose instigation and help he has fallen into the sin he mourns? or do the demons themselves, in order that they may merit pardon for the penitent, first become penitents because they have deceived them?
— Augustine of Hippo, City of God
Verified quotations
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition! By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his maker, hope to win by it
— William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
Delight is to him, who gives no quarter in the truth, and kills, burns, and destroys all sin though he pluck it out from under the robes of Senators and Judges.
— Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
never has it been proved by such terrible disasters to Rome or by such clear evidence that Providence is concerned not with our peace of mind but rather with vengeance for our sin.
— Tacitus, The Histories
It is a sin to write this.
— Ayn Rand, Anthem
And grace subdues the power of sin.
— Isaac Watts, So Let Our Lips and Lives Express
O Lord, be merciful to him a sinner!
— Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
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