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→The Anabaptist Tradition
==== The Anabaptist Tradition ====
==== The Anabaptist Tradition ====
The ancient [[Anabaptists]], and the modern [[Baptists]] after them, would generally agree with Luther. For a comprehensive discussion of the Baptist view of sin and its consequences, see [[Sin (Baptist teaching)]].
The ancient [[Anabaptists]], and the modern [[Baptists]] after them, would generally agree with Luther. Like him, Baptists hold that sin is an act or omission that displeases God, and the state of being that the perpetrator falls into, and remains in until he has confessed this sin.
Baptist churches do not tend to engage in corporate, collective confessions. Rather, Baptist practice depends heavily on {{Bible ref|book=Matthew|chap=18|verses=15-20|version=KJV}}, which prescribes this procedure for the handling of sin that gives offense to a fellow believer:
# The aggrieved person, or the minister if the aggrieved person has asked him to, tries to encourage the perpetrator to repent. ''Repentance'' (Greek ''metanoia'') means a change of mind, or a change of heart.
# Failing that, whoever tried to talk to the perpetrator the first time, tries a second time and brings a witness.
# If this still does not bring repentance, and a cessation of the behavior, then and only then does the matter come before the entire church. The minister lays out the case, and puts the matter to a vote as to whether the offender ought to be allowed to remain in fellowship.
Not all Baptist churches practice this discipline, however. In such environments, sin is a matter between the offender and God (and the person or persons to whom the offender might have given offense). Some observers suggest that churches suffer when they fail to practice discipline as they should.
==== Fundamentalists ====
: ''Main Article: [[Sin (Fundamentalism)]]''
The above article is a comprehensive theory of sin, and its effects on the offender, on mankind as a whole, and on the entire world.
=== Islam ===
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