PART I 



SIN 



CHAPTER I 



NATURE AND ORIGIN OF SIN — MORTAL AND 



VENIAL SINS — TEMPTATIONS AND 



OCCASIONS OF SIN 



SECTION i 



NATURE AND ORIGIN OF SIN 



I. Definition. — The terms sin, 1 transgres- 

 sion, 2 iniquity, 3 offense, 4 and disobedience, 5 are 

 synonymously employed by Holy Scripture to 

 designate a wilful transgression of the law of 

 God, or voluntary disregard of His will. 



"What is sin," says St. Ambrose, "but an of- 

 fense against the divine law and disobedience to 

 the heavenly precepts?" 6 St. Augustine, who 

 employs the words "divine law" and "eternal law 



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1 'A/iaprla, &fidprrjfj.a. Rom. V, II, 2. — Cfr. on the use of these 

 13, 20; Eph. II, 1; 1 John III, 4. terms K. Clemen, Die christliche 



2 Jlap6.fia.0is- Rom. II, 23; IV, Lehre von der Siinde, Vol. I, Got- 

 15; V, 14; Heb. II, 2. tingen 1897. PP- 35 sqq. 



3'Avo/j.la.. Matth. VII, 23; Rom. e De Paradiso, c. VIII, n. 39 



VI, 19; 1 John III, 4. (Migne, P. L., XIV, 292): "Quid 



* Tlap&irTWfia. Matth. VI, 14 est peccatum nisi praevaricatio legis 



sq. ; Rom. V, 18; 2 Cor. V, 19; Eph. divini et caelestium inoboedientia 



II, 1. praeceptorumf" 



5 napoKoi}. Rem. V, 19; Heb. 



