Causae Peccati Actualis intra Hominem.
Cause is the corrupt nature or hereditary corruption. Rom. 7:17: ή ίνοικονσα ἁμαρτία does (κατεργάζεται) sin. Specifically, the Scripture calls a. the ignorance rooted in the inherited corruption,
1628) This is treated in more detail in the doctrine of sanctification and good works under the sections "The Quality and Quantity of the Good Works of Christians," Vol. III, pp. 56 ff.
1629) Matt. 15:19: διαλογισμοί πονηροί, Eph. 2:3: αί έπιϑνμίαι τής οαρκός. Chemnitz, Loci I, 255: Matt. 5 Christus longa concione ostendit, legem arguere non tantum actualia peccata, sed et originale, et actualia esse non tantum externas actiones, verum etiam interiores affectus pugnantes cum lege Dei. Et Paulus tribuit unam communem appellationem interioribus et exterioribus actionibus vitiosis. Gal. 5:19-21 inter opera carnis numerat non tantum fornicationem, ebrietatem, verum etiam haereses, idololatriam, iram etc. [Google]
1630) Vol. III, 19.
671 ><w:t xml:space="preserve"> Actual Sin. [English ed. 559-560]
as in Paul, 1 Tim. 1:13: άγνοών έποίησα εν απιστία, by which, however, sin neither wholly nor partly loses the character of sin; for Paul adds v. 15: πρώτος είμι εγώ, namely των αμαρτωλών. To ignorance as the cause of actual sin Christ also points, Luke 23:34: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do"; likewise Peter, Acts 3:17: "I know that ye have done it through ignorance, as also your rulers." Causes of sins of deed are also b. violent movements of emotions and passions (affectus, passiones, παϑήματα), such as fear, angry upsurge, natural love, etc. Examples: Peter out of the sea (Matt. 14:30), in the palace of the high priest (Mark 14:66 ff.), in Antioch (Gal. 2:12). That even the affectus and passiones do not take away the character of sin from the action, we see from Luke 22:62: "Peter went out and wept bitterly." Cause of the actual sins also becomes c. the relevant evil habits, which is produced by the individual repeating sinful acts. The dogmatists, on the basis of Scripture, speak of an inclinatio inclinatio ad malum acquisita, ei nem peccatum habituale acquisitum, etnem habitus vitiosus acquisitus, Jer. 13:23: "You cannot do good because you are accustomed to evil." There is a habitualness in sin as there is a habitualness in righteousness.