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Overview of Sin

to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness...

Robert Wrigley's Poem 'In the Bank of Beautiful Sins'

In five pages this paper discusses the themes of sin and sexuality as they are presented in Robert Wrigley's poem 'In the Bank of ...

Sin's Differing Degrees in Various Works of Literature

In seven pages this paper examines sin and punishment in a contrast of how they are portrayed in The Thousand and One Nights, Don ...

Scarlet Letter/Sin of A Guilty Heart

its mothers shame has come from the hand of God," and, in so doing, works upon the heart of her mother, both giving her joy and pr...

Man's Fall From Grace And Consequences Of Sin

has been diverted from its supernatural end through the fault of the first parents" (The Vatican, 1986). This means that man is bo...

Original Sin in the Characterization of Pearl in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper examines how original sin is represented by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the characterization of Pearl in The S...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Rappaccini's Daughter'

isolated as a result. In many ways, it is the men...

Free Will and Saint Augustine

n.d.). God knew that humans would use their free will for evil but He also knew that good would emerge through His Grace (Anderson...

Roman Catholic Church's Mortal Sin Actions and Thoughts

In five pages this research paper discusses the Catholic Church's doctrinal differences between mortal sin thought and actions and...

Comparing the Main Characters and Dark Themes of Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil and Young Goodman Brown.

concealed his frame and face from onlookers by wearing a black cloak, as a symbol of a fearful secret between him and them" (Barna...

Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch

In thirteen pages this paper examines the definitive characteristics of Bosch's medieval paiintings in terms of the artist's use o...

God and Sin

God says, "Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil" and then "sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to til...

Free Will, Creation, and God

In five pages questions regarding free will, evil, sin, and creation in Catholic theology, and God in the Christian perspective ar...

Cape Fear Films, Sin According to Saint Augustine, and Manicheism

In five pages this paper considers the original Cape Fear film and its remake in an examination of changing times, Augustine's and...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

Biblical Adam and the Creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In 7 pages these two creations are compared in terms of the intentions of their creators and the reactions they inspired with God ...

Sin, Redemption, and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

sewn, per the magistrates instructions, is "fantastically embroidered" (54). While on the scaffolding, Hester sees her husband sta...

Salvation and Sin According to Erasmus and Luther

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares these Reformation theorists' perspectives regarding sin, sacraments, salv...

Dante's 'Inferno' Explanationa and Detailed Structural Analysis

In five pages a poetic explication of Dante's poem is presented in terms of explanation of betrayal as a more punishable sin than ...

Standards to Live Up to Based Upon Philosophies and Theories

In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...

Silence and Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

In five pages this paper presents the argument that silence in this text is employed as a means of hiding sins and preserving peac...

7 Cardinal Virtues and 7 Deadly Sins

In a research paper consisting of 6 pages, what served as the Middle Ages' Christian dogma of seven cardinal virtues and seven dea...

3 Thought Levels in Plato's Republic and Dante's Inferno

In five pages this paper discusses the connection between man's sins and the soul in this analysis of three levels of thought repr...

Male and Female Perceptions of Hildegard of Bingen

In five pages this paper examines Hildegard of Bingen's perceptions regarding men and woman in terms of her candidness regarding s...

Goddess Niobe Myth

Amongst other places, the legend of Niobe appears in the Iliad by Homer ("Niobe in Myth," 2001). In the epic, Niobe is depicted a...

A Review of First Confession

judgmental individual. As it turns out, he learns that his fears are unfounded with regard to both his confession and the priest,...

Religion and Anthropomorphism

out of favor as a more philosophical approach took over. In more recent years, however, the fundamentalist and evangelical movemen...

Righteousness versus Sin

days would come when God would make a new covenant that would offer "total" forgiveness (Jere. 31: 31-34). The writer of Hebrews ...

Misreading Scripture by Richards, O'Brien

This essay pertains to aspects of E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien's text Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. The n...

The Greatest King of Israel

This essay responds to several issues concerning King David. What was the Davidic covenant. Since David sinned, why is he consider...