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(De incarnat., disp. 5, lect. 3) admits the possibility of philosophical sin in those who are inculpably ignorant of God, but he holds that it does not actually occur, because in the present order of God's providence there cannot be invincible ignorance of God and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The licht'nin 'cam oot o' the yerd, an 'no frae the lift at a'; the win 'roared as gien 't had been an incarnat rage; the thunner rattlet an' crackit, as gien the mune an 'a' the stars had been made kettledrums o 'for the occasion; but never a drap o' rain or a stane o 'hail fell; naething brak oot but blue licht an' roarin 'win'.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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But ye see in this case, he's aiblins (perhaps) the child o 'sin -- for a leear may tell an ill trowth -- an' beirs the marks o ''t, ye see; sae to her he's jist her sin rinnin' aboot the warl incarnat; an 'that canna be pleesant to luik upo'. "
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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