Niebuhr

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Reinhold

1892-1971

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Not Categorized

The Christian doctrine of sin in its classical form offends both rationalists and moralists by maintaining the seemingly absurd position that man sins inevitably and by a fateful necessity but that he is nevertheless to be held responsible for actions which are prompted by an ineluctable fate.  

The Nature and Destiny of Man, (1:9), p. 241

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