单词 | garden sin |
释义 | > as lemmasgarden sin garden sin n. (a) Theology (frequently with capital initial(s)) the transgression of divine law committed by Adam in the Garden of Eden, leading to the Fall; †(b) a plant which harms or spoils a garden; a weed (obsolete rare). ΚΠ 1651 S. Sheppard Epigrams iii. xx. 49 Christ the true Jove, the Lord and King of Heaven, By the Decree of Providence was driven As't were in exile, doom'd mans form to take, Our Grandsyres Garden-Sin to expiate. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 86 Neglecting it till they [sc. the weeds] are ready to sow themselves, you do but stir and prepare for a more numerous Crop of these Garden-Sinns. 1708 M. Sylvester Christian's Race & Patience II. 171 The Garden-Sin divorces all Mankind from Fellowship with God and Angels. 1852 Western Hort. Rev. Jan. 200/2 Weeds exhaust the strength of the ground and if suffered to grow, may be called garden sins. 1877 Probl. of Evil xv. 198 The penalty to the garden sin was spiritual death and not eternal death. 2016 J. Nicholl Augustine's Probl. vii. 156 Without the double burden of Greek philosophy and a Manichean past, it would be easy to say the Garden sin does damage human nature. < as lemmas |
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