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To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
Thomas Aquinas

Meaning of "actual sin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACTUAL SIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACTUAL SIN

noun
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conjunction
determiner
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Actual sin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACTUAL SIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Actual sin

According to Roman Catholic tradition, "actual" sin as distinguished from original sin is an act contrary to the will and law of God whether by doing evil or refraining from doing good. In Roman Catholic theology, it can be either "mortal," or "venial,". In Roman Catholic theology an actual sin is specifically any willful thought, desire, word, action or omission forbidden by the law of God.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACTUAL SIN

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actual bodily harm
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actualities
actuality
actualization
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actually
actuals
actuarial
actuarially
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ACTUAL SIN

assassin
Banjarmasin
basin
cardinal sin
cousin
first cousin
khamsin
Limousin
live in sin
Mersin
mortal sin
original sin
poussin
raisin
resin
sin
Tessin
venial sin
wash-hand basin
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Synonyms and antonyms of actual sin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «actual sin» into 25 languages

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The translations of actual sin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «actual sin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

实际的罪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pecado actual
570 millions of speakers

English

actual sin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वास्तविक पाप
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الخطيئة الفعلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

текущая грех
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pecado atual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রকৃত পাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péché actuel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dosa sebenar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tatsächliche Sünde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

実際の罪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실제 죄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dosa nyata
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tội lỗi thực tế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உண்மையான பாவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रत्यक्ष पाप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gerçek günah
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peccato attuale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rzeczywista grzech
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поточна гріх
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

păcatul real
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πραγματική αμαρτία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

werklike sonde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

faktiska synd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selve synd
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about actual sin

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QUOTES WITH «ACTUAL SIN»

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Thomas Aquinas
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACTUAL SIN»

Discover the use of actual sin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to actual sin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Ethics of Aquinas
Augustine's description of the effects of sin becomes an opportunity to reiterate Aquinas's emphasis on the integrity of nature before and after the fall, before and after actual sin. But both Bede's and Augustine's accounts also afford him the ...
Stephen J. Pope, 2002
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Commentary on Romans
is here speaking not of actual sin, but of original sin, is proved also by the following: 1. He says: "By one man." Of this statement St. Augustine writes against the Pelagians in the first chapter of his book Concerning the Deserved Punishment of ...
Martin Luther, 2003
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Responses to 101 Questions on Catholic Social Teaching
I have heard of original sin and actual sin that is mortal or venial. Where did this social sin idea come from? My apologies if I confused you. Social sin is a term of fairly recent vintage; it is meant to capture our understanding of one aspect of the  ...
Kenneth R. Himes, 2001
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Systematic Theology
THE RELATION BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND ACTUAL SIN. The former originated in a free act of Adam as the representative of the human race, a transgression of the law of God and a corruption of human nature, which rendered him liable to ...
Louis Berkhof, 1996
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The Christian Doctrine of Sin
especially by Melancthon, in the Apology, and elsewhere,1 in reference to the peccata actualia, and thereby give up the old Protestant divisions of these sins into voluntaria and involuntaria. But the notion of actual sin, in its contrast with the  ...
Julius Müller, 1852
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Sin and Its Consequences
But though original sin is only punished by privation, every actual sin will be punished by actual pain. There is the pain of loss which follows original sin; there is the pain of sense which follows actual sin ; and every actual sin that men commit ...
Henry Edward Manning, 1874
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The Christian doctrine of sin, tr. by W. Urwick
Yet this theory does not, like the preceding view, make the transition from original to actual sin conditional upon the free self-decision of a will, which has power to keep itself pure from sin ; on the contrary, the transition is said to be necessary, ...
Julius Müller, 1868
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The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation. ...
It is clear from such analysis of religious nationalism in terms of Pauline psychology that the distinction between original sin and actual sin cannot be made "as clearly as is assumed in moralistic treatises on sin. The actual sin follows more ...
Reinhold Niebuhr, 1943
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Trial and Acquittal of Lyman Beecher, D.D.: Before the ...
or occasion for the certainty of actual sin in all his posterity. 2. That the ground or reason of this Certainty is some change in the constitution or nature of man, anterior to moral agency. That this is not by personal identity of his posterity with ...
Lyman Beecher, Joshua Lacy Wilson, 1835
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Created in God's Image
Original sin is the sinful state and condition in which every human being is born; actual sin, however, is the sins of act, word, or thought that human beings commit. Later we shall come back to a fuller consideration of actual sin. We use the ...
Anthony A. Hoekema, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACTUAL SIN»

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Purging the History of the South
... history by an iconoclastic Left appears to be the hope that by eliminating the symbols of racism, the actual sin of racism will be expurgated. «American Thinker, Jun 15»
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Gender, Race, and Reality
That was her actual sin. It's not that she lied -- leftists all lie. It's that she was white. Some sins are unpardonable. She constructed an alternate ... «American Thinker, Jun 15»
3
Subjectivism: Why it will end the human race and damn the souls of …
He does not shrink from declaring that the first actual sin was committed by creatures who were already fallen. They fell before they ate the fruit. «RenewAmerica, Jun 15»
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Rehabilitation and Reframing
Further, the actual sin was in speaking negatively about the land, a sin that was only committed on the last day. Why was the Children of Israel ... «Arutz Sheva, Jun 15»
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Catholic Religion Quiz, Part II
... of what becomes of unbaptized babies who die, never having committed an actual sin, but without having received the sacrament of Baptism. «National Catholic Register, Jun 15»
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Comment: “Parent and child parking bays? It's a matter of respect...”
It is this lack of respect which offends me more than the actual sin of parking in the wrong bay. Yes, it might seem like a small deal. But this kind ... «Bucks Herald, May 15»
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“God's Ambassador” Sues ALL The Gays
... God's hatred of homosexuality is that sodomy is the actual sin. ... that heterosexuals are also committing the actual sin that is specified by God ... «Liberty News Now, May 15»
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Nel Marais & Jo Davies
... deciding whether Apartheid was unconditionally wrong, never mind if it qualifies as an actual sin. The other one is in a never-ending process ... «Daily Maverick, May 15»
9
Parshat Shemini
Commentators throughout the centuries have suggested various explanations as to Nadav and Avihu's actual sin. The possibilities range from ... «The Jewish Press, Apr 15»
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The subject of sex in Zimbabwe: Their silent cry
False puritanical discipline has led to the actual sin which is called adultery, men and women sneaking out to look for that which they should be ... «Nehanda Radio, Apr 15»

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