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27: 157:, either an internal act of the will, as, for example, to will to omit what had been commanded, or an external act, as an operation by which any one is hindered from that which he ought to do; yet such a positive act is not always or necessarily required, but the mere fact that one does not do what is commanded is sin." 125:
the failure to do something one can and ought to do. If this happens advertently and freely a sin is committed. The degree of guilt incurred by an omission is measured like that attaching to sins of commission, by the dignity of the virtue and the magnitude of the precept to which the omission is
103:(sins resulting from actions performed), the extent to which guilt is afforded by a particular sin of omission is determined by the extent of deliberation involved in the act, and by the magnitude of the precept and the dignity of the virtue that the omission opposes. 140:
and is therefore unable to perform a necessary task, he is responsible for that failure, even though he is physically unable to perform the task, because he knowingly put himself into a state (drunkenness) where accomplishing the task was impossible.
136:(1911)—"he fails to do something which he is unable to do" and which he ought to do, because he has put himself into a state or situation whereby he cannot complete the action. For example, if a person chooses to 95:
view, a sin of omission is a failure by a person to take an action that one "ought to do", and that is within ones power, and when attentively and willfully done, it is considered to be a
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committed by willingly not performing a certain action. The theology behind a sin of omission derives from
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A person may be guilty of a sin of omission if—as Joseph Delaney states in the
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the article lacks theological explanations and different perspectives.
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The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Index

WikiProject Theology
Christianity
sin
James 4:17
Catholic
sin
Catholic
Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Encyclopedia
drink to excess
Lutheran theology
precepts of God
Half-truth
Lying by omission
Omission (law)
Omission bias
Oxford University Press
ISBN
978-0-19-046576-6



"Omission"


ISBN
978-1-7252-2302-8
"Avoiding the Cul-De-Sac of Sin"
The Gospel Coalition
Shedd, William G. T.

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