In Christianity, sin is an immoral act and transgression of divine law. The doctrine of sin is central to the Christian faith, since its basic message...

Sin is an important concept in Islamic ethics that Muslims view as being anything that goes against the commands of God or breaching the laws and norms...

The seven deadly sins (also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins) function as a grouping classification of major vices within the teachings of Christianity...

Emphasis on Wesleyan Concepts. Schmul Publishing Co. p. 49. Christianity portal Catholicism portal Christian views on sin Hamartiology Original sin Catholic...

for the sin of their ancestors. It exists primarily as a concept in Mediterranean religions (e.g. in Christian hamartiology); generational sin is referenced...

homosexuality as a sin against God.: 42  Within a Christian denomination, individual believers and the groups they belong to may hold different views, and not all...

debate over the 'Christian views on suicide', with early Christians believing that suicide is sinful and an act of blasphemy. Modern Christians do not consider...

are a few differing Buddhist views on sin. American Zen author Brad Warner states that in Buddhism there is no concept of sin at all. The Buddha Dharma Education...

Among the world's religions, views on masturbation vary widely. Some religions view it as a spiritually detrimental practice, some see it as not spiritually...

on experiments in cross-cultural psychiatry, modern scholars doubt the thesis of a Chinese "shame culture." Bahá'í views on sin Buddhist views on sin...

Christian views on slavery are varied regionally, historically and spiritually. Slavery in various forms has been a part of the social environment for...

him. The historical view of Jesus within Karaite Judaism is a complex one. While Karaites share Rabbanite views in rejecting Christian beliefs of Jesus'...

sanctification. Christian views on sin are mostly understood as legal infraction or contract violation, and so salvation tends to be viewed in legal terms...

salvation. The idea of Jesus' death as an atonement for human sin was recorded in the Christian Bible, and was elaborated in Paul's epistles and in the Gospels...

(also known as contraception). Among Christian denominations today, however, there is a large variety of views regarding birth control that range from...

he did not sin. Although Christian views of Jesus vary, it is possible to summarise the key elements of the beliefs shared by major Christian denominations...

based on various biblical passages, especially "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour", one of the Ten Commandments. Christian theologians...

There have been a variety of Christian views on poverty and wealth. At one end of the spectrum is a view which casts wealth and materialism as an evil...

The Church of England has a variety of views on the death state. Some, such as N. T. Wright have proposed a view of the grave which considers Hades to...

sin; that which 'worketh abomination or maketh a lie.' " (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures) Some today holding mostly Protestant views (such...

Orthodox Church presents a view of sin distinct from views found in Catholicism and in Protestantism, that sin is viewed primarily as a terminal spiritual...

emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed, particularly through political activism. Its theologians consider sin the root...

Christian views on magic vary widely among Christian denominations and among individuals. Many Christians actively condemn magic as satanic, holding that...

There are a variety of religious views on suicide. Regarding suicide in the ancient European religions, both Roman and Greek, had a relaxed attitude. In...

mortal sin (Latin: peccātum mortāle), in Christian theology, is a gravely sinful act which can lead to damnation if a person does not repent of the sin before...

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In contrast to the views of Muhammad in Islam, the Christian views on him stayed highly negative during the Middle Ages for over a millennium. At this...

known as "the Incarnation". Early Christian views of God were expressed in the Pauline epistles and the early Christian creeds, which proclaimed one God...

Christian views on divorce find their basis both in biblical sources and in texts authored by the Church Fathers of the early Christian Church, who were...

Christian terminology and theological views of marriage vary by time period, by country, and by the different Christian denominations. Roman Catholic...