# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_M rz 1861_S65
# AI translation — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Lehre und Wehre.

Volume VII.    March 1861.    No. 3.

Theological Axioms.

(Continued.)
XI. Of Actual Sins.

1. Peccatum est defectus, vel inclinatio, vel actio, pugnans cum lege Dei et ream faciens creaturam aeternae irae, nisi fiat remissio propter mediatorem.

Sin is a defect, or an inclination, or an act, which contends with God's Law and makes the creature guilty of eternal wrath, unless forgiveness occurs for the sake of a Mediator.

2. Peccatum aestimatur ex objecto, in quod fertur.

Sin is judged by the object against which it is directed.

3. Peccatum est infiniti boni offensa infinita.

Sin is an infinite offense against an infinite good.

4. Nullum est per se et sua natura veniale peccatum.

No sin is, in itself and by its nature, a venial one.

5. Distinguendum inter peccata considerata νομικῶς et spectata εὐαγγελικῶς.

There is a difference in whether sins are considered according to the Law or according to the Gospel.

6. Differunt peccatum mortale et peccatum ad mortem; illud meretur mortem, hoc actu et necessario infert mortem.

Mortal sin and sin unto death are different; the former deserves death, the latter actually and inevitably brings death.

7. Omne peccatum in irregenitis, etiam minimum, est actu mortiferum.

Every sin of the unregenerate, even the smallest, is actually deadly, or a mortal sin.

8. "Non credenti in Christum non solum omnia peccata mortalia sunt, sed etiam bona ipsius opera peccata sunt."

"To him who does not believe in Christ, not only are all his sins deadly, but also all his good works."

9. Justus in omni opere bono peccat.

The righteous man sins in every good work.