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Line 3: [[File:Guercino Return of the prodigal son.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The [[Prodigal Son]]]] In [[Christianity]], '''sin''' is an [[immoral]] act ~~considered to be a~~and transgression of [[divine law]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sin\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704101243/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sin\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=July 4, 2017\|title=sin\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> The [[doctrine]] of [[sin]] is central to the Christian faith, since its [[The gospel\|basic message]] is about [[Redemption (theology)#Christianity\|redemption]] in [[Jesus in Christianity\|Christ]].<ref>Rahner, p. 1588</ref> '''Hamartiology''', a branch of [[Christian theology]] which is the study of sin,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hamartiology\|title=Hamartiology - Define Hamartiology at Dictionary.com\|work=Dictionary.com\|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> describes sin as an act of offence against [[God in Christianity\|God]] by despising his [[Trinity\|persons]] and [[Biblical law in Christianity\|Christian biblical law]], and by injuring others.<ref>Sabourin, p. 696</ref> Christian hamartiology is closely related to concepts of [[natural law]], [[moral theology]] and [[Christian ethics]]. According to [[Augustine of Hippo]] (354–430) sin is "a word, deed, or desire in opposition to the eternal law of God,"<ref>''Contra Faustum Manichaeum'', 22,27; [[Patrologia Latina\|PL]] 42,418; cf. [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Summa Theologica\|STh]] I–II q71 a6.</ref><ref>Mc Guinness, p. 241</ref> or as scripture states, "sin is the transgression of the law."<ref>{{bibleref2\|1 John\|3:4\|NIV}}</ref>

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