But the unsentimentality reinforces the solidarity with suffering, sinful humanity that Father von Balthasar wanted to underline as central to the Easter mystery.

Christian authors also view the miracles of Jesus not merely as acts of power and omnipotence, but as works of love and mercy: they were performed to show compassion for sinful and suffering humanity.

As a theological concept, "grace" refers to the merciful love God bestows upon sinful humanity.

Mannermaa argues in his book, Christ Present in Faith, that the real exchange between Christ and sinful humanity, a theme prevalent in Luther's writing, is synonymous with Eastern views of theosis.

Some said they were the wrath of the gods on sinful humanity.

Through it, members of the Unification Church believe, the couple is removed from the lineage of sinful humanity and engrafted into God's sinless lineage.

An awareness of God's contrivance in the intricate designs of nature might confound the atheist, but it did not point him toward the God who had entered into covenant with sinful humanity.

One of the points of the play is that if you are to live a happy life, you've got to realize you're dealing with a sinful humanity.

This law is sealed by the sacrifice of redemption offered by Jesus Christ on the altar of the Cross to his heavenly Father, on behalf of sinful humanity.

His depictions of sinful humanity, his conceptions of Heaven and Hell are now seen as consistent with those of late medieval didactic literature and sermons.