Sentence examples for notion of sin from inspiring English sources

Some rejected the very notion of sin and believed in the universal restoration of all things in God.

The study of this Banach algebra motivates us to introduce the notion of SIN locally compact quantum groups and the concept of quotient strong Arens irregularity.

But this notion of sin would clearly have been convincing to many: the catastrophes that have befallen you all your life have a reason, which has its roots in your sinful nature.

Backstage, as the women fiddle with costumes, they have the matter-of-fact acceptance of nudity shared by strippers and sex professionals, an attitude without shame or any notion of sin.

This notion of sin brought self-scrutiny and the rejection of worldly pleasure; for the home of the early 19th century it meant austerity, as luxuries were seen as frivolous and ungodly.

He also wrote a book called Ethica or Scito te ipsum ("Know Thyself"), a short masterpiece in which he analyzed the notion of sin and reached the drastic conclusion that human actions do not make a man better or worse in the sight of God, for deeds are in themselves neither good nor bad.

cults have been built around notions of sin and the world's end.

Others blamed naïve notions of sin and repentance achieved by way of prayer and sheer willpower.

I meet a lot of people who were raised in these vaguely liberal, hippyish, bohemian backgrounds and I think, 'Well, where's the tension?' Struggles inside your head, notions of sin and general dysfunction – it's all incredibly fruitful.

They're not on their knees, or in chains, or hanging, the way some of Mapplethorpe's men are, but they, too, are victims of notions of sin that not everyone accepts.

But the painful history that Mr. Friedman recounts suggests that while the culture has largely bypassed archaic notions of sin and disease, the penchant for self-improvement may harbor its own hidden danger: the desire to make perfect at any cost.