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Accordingly Augustine includes two things in the definition of sin; one, pertaining to the substance of a human act, and which is the matter, so to speak, of sin, when he says, word, deed, or desire; the other, pertaining to the nature of evil, and which is the form, as it were, of sin, when he says, contrary to the eternal law.
The literal sense of understanding scripture is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation. The spiritual sense has three subdivisions: the allegorical, moral, and anagogical (meaning mystical or spiritual) senses.
Because You are so good, and with Your help, I will try not to sin again. Amen. [This quote needs a citation] Oh My God, because You are so good, I am very sorry that I have sinned against You, and by the help of Your grace, I will try not sin again. Amen. [This quote needs a citation] I love You, Jesus, my Love above all things.
"The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Holiness adherents also hold to a distinctive definition of (actual) sin. They believe that "only conscious sins are truly sins." [ 29 ] Historian Charles Jones explained, "Believing that sin was conscious disobedience to a known law of God, holiness believers were convinced that the true Christian, having repented of every known act of sin ...
"One is contrition, that is, terrors smiting the conscience through the knowledge of sin;" "The other is faith, which is born of the Gospel, or of absolution , and believes that for Christ's sake, sins are forgiven, comforts the conscience, and delivers it from terrors."
Faith (pistis) in Eastern Christianity is an activity of the nous or spirit. Faith being characteristic of the noesis or noetic experience of the spirit. Faith here being defined as intuitive truth meaning as a gift from God, faith is one of God's uncreated energies (Grace too is another of God's uncreated energies and gifts). [17]
According to the classical definition of St. Augustine of Hippo sin is "a word, deed, or desire in opposition to the eternal law of God." [12] [13] Thus, sin requires redemption, a metaphor alluding to atonement, in which the death of Jesus is the price that is paid to release the faithful from the bondage of sin. [14]