Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being sinless; freedom from sin.
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- noun The state or condition of being
sinless .
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- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Etymologies
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Examples
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But such sinlessness, if it were to occur, must be the result of the creature's own free willing, just as God's sinlessness is due to the divine free willing.
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We simply call that "sinlessness" -- referring to actual sin.
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"immaculate conception," that is, the sinlessness of Mary from the very first moment of her existence, thus removing her from the sphere of sin-begotten humanity.
Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation 1904
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Apostle uses the term in a variety of ways, treating "birth of God" as synonymous now with the "doing of justice" (I John, v, 1, 4 sq.), and elsewhere deducing from it a certain "sinlessness" of the just (I
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Without this sinlessness, many felt that the Church would have no power of Redemption.
Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Four - The Politics of Free Will | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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By this statement, Christ could be said to believe in the innocence (i.e. sinlessness) of children.
Augustine vs. Pelagius - Part One: Man, the Fall, and Original Sin | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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The revivals converted millions by offering a millennial message of personal sinlessness and divine illumination.
Cover to Cover 2008
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The revivals converted millions by offering a millennial message of personal sinlessness and divine illumination.
Cover to Cover 2008
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It doesn't seem to be a saying produced in the best interests of the church who believed in Jesus' sinlessness.
Mythicist Quote of the Day (Neil Godfrey) James F. McGrath 2010
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First, I have no interest in defending Jesus' sinlessness, although I decided that raising that point in the conversation I mentioned would probably make the discussion take considerably longer, and so I refrained from doing so.
Sinful Certainty James F. McGrath 2009
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