29 Jul 2018

Sins of the Mind

Σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα.

Κατ' ἐνέργειαν ἁμαρτάνοντες, καὶ ἀνθρώποις καὶ Θεῷ ἁμαρτάνομεν· κατὰ δὲ διάνοιαν πλημμελοῦντες Θεῷ μόνῳ ἐξαμαρτάνομεν. Ἡ ἀντὶ τοῦ, Σοι μόνῳ ἔγνωσται τὸ ἡμαρτημένον.

Ὠριγένης, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος Η'
Against you alone I have sinned and done wickedness in your sight.  1

When we sin in deed, we sin against men and God; when in the mind we err, against God alone we sin. Which is to say, 'To you alone is known my sin.'

Origen, On the Psalms, from Psalm 50

1 Ps 50.6

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