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  • Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.

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  • The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect in his essence. It can only be understood as a self-contradiction, made possible by the fact of his freedom but not following necessarily from it.

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    Reinhold Niebuhr (1996). “The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation : Human Nature”, p.17, Westminster John Knox Press

  • All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

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    Reinhold Niebuhr (2015). “Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)”, p.45, Library of America
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Reinhold Niebuhr

  • Born: June 21, 1892
  • Died: June 1, 1971
  • Occupation: Theologian
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