6 sentences with 'sin'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sin and other words derived from it.
• « I had committed the mortal sin of trying to control the incontinence by drinking less fluids; I no longer seemed to need them. »
• « According to Athanasius, normal life was full of temptation, greed and sin, and that the holiest life was therefore one that rejected it completely in favour of prayer and meditation away from human company. »
• « 1. Baptism - believed to be necessary to purge the original sin of a newborn child. Without baptism, medieval Christians believed that even a newborn child who died would be denied entry into heaven. Therefore, most people sought to baptise their newborns immediately after birth, as infant mortality was extremely high. »
• « Usury, the practice of lending money and charging interest, was classified as a sin by the Church even though the Church itself had to borrow money and pay interest constantly. »
• « By the time Gobineau was an adult, earlier versions of conservatism seemed increasingly outdated, especially de Maistre's theological claims about original sin. »
• « Nothing leads us to think that the Sumerians saw in the confusion of languages the consequence of a sin of pride as in the biblical account. The Sumerians knew about the tower and they knew about the confusion of languages, but they did not relate one to the other. This connection was made by the author of Genesis, taking the opportunity provided by a popular etymology of the name "Babel" meaning "to confuse". »