Below are quotations about sin from the writings of the Church Fathers. In the New Testament, there are lists and deep observations about the nature of sin. Following their example, the church fathers contemplated the nature of sin. These observations about sin can help us today understand what it means to live a Christian life.
The Apostolic Fathers
Polycarp to the Philippians
For it is well that they should be cut off from the lusts that are in the world, since “every lust warreth against the spirit; ” and “neither fornicators, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, shall inherit the kingdom of God,” nor those who do things inconsistent and unbecoming. Wherefore, it is needful to abstain from all these things, being subject to the presbyters and deacons, as unto God and Christ.
Chapter 5
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