Sin. He who sins first makes the strife {Qui primum peccat ilie facit rixam}; Cf. Augmentation; Breach; Crime; Deceit; Departure; Dolus; Error; Fault; Fraud; First substantive error; Flagrante delicto; Fur manifestus; Furtum; Inconsistent; Lie; Mistake; Misrepresentation; Nefarious; Novation; Peccatum; Pecco; Trespass; Wrong; Variance; Vice;John 3: 4;
Sin is the transgression of the Law (see Leviticus, 26:14-46 and Deuteronomy, 28:15-68 for the causes of disease;);
The cause of the church is equal to public cause; and paramount is the reason which makes for religion {Causa ecclesiæ publicis æquiparatur; et summa est ratio quæ pro religione facit; Coke, Litt. 341}; The law of God and the law of the land are all one; and both preserve and favor the common and public good of the land {Le ley de dieu et ley de terre sont tout un; et l’un et l’autre preferre et favour le common et publique bien del terre; Keilw. 191}; A sacrilegious person transcends the cupidity and wickedness of all other robbers {Sacrilegus omnium prædorum cupiditatem et scelerem superat; 4 Coke, 106};
Because it is given to us to understand {Quia datum est nobis intelligi};
The thing speaks for itself {Res ipsa loquitur};
Truth, by whomsoever pronounced, is from God {Veritas, a quocunque dicitur, a Deo est};
A greater or superior force; an irresistible force {Vis major};