hamarto-, hamart- +

1. A tragic flaw.
2. A localized disturbance of the normal arrangement, organization, or patterning of tissues during development.
3. A developmental anomaly resulting in the formation of a mass composed of tissues normally present in the locality of the mass, but of improper proportion and distribution with dominance of one type of tissue.

The Hamartigenia, "The Origin of Sin" attacked the Gnostic dualism of Marcion and his followers was written by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348 A.D – after 405 A.D.) who was a Christian Latin poet whose Psychomachia, "The Contest of the Soul", was the first completely allegorical poem in European literature, and which was immensely influential in the Middle Ages.

In Hamartigenia, Prudentius wrote that the evil and ugly in Nature originates in the devil.

Prudentius is said to have insisted on the place of free will in both the origins and the corrections of evil.

Prudentius' Hamartigenia places the corruption of language, emblematized in the poem by the splitting of Satan's tongue, at the origin of human sin. This article explores how Prudentius associates human sin with the inherently deceptive nature of language. In Hamartigenia, language and its snares, in particular figurative language, are programmatically associated with figures who represent the evils of division and imitation.

Further, figured language, ornament, and rhetoric are conceived of as inherently feminine. The feminine is linked not only with the carnal, but also with language and its deceptive nature. Similarly, the reproductive process, whether sexual or linguistic, is associated not with the transcendent Logos, but with Satan and his split tongue, and with the viper and her endless brood of vicious offspring. The figures of Eve and of Lot's wife embody representation itself, and stand as signs of humanity's fundamental lack of "origin"ality.

A descriptive word that refers to hamartiology; such as, "They had a hamartiological discussion about the sins of mankind."

1. Someone who deals with the subject of sin or wrong doing in theology; perhaps, as a result of special studies in the area of sinful behavior.
2. A medical expert in the faulty growth or faulty development of normal cells or tissue.

1. A theological treatment of the doctrine of sin.
2. The study of sin; it's origin, nature, extent, and consequences.

The "sin" word that is used most frequently in the Bible is hamartia, "missing the mark".

It is the most comprehensive term for explaining sin. The Apostle Paul used the verb hamartano when he wrote, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

God has a high and holy standard of what is right, and so long as man follows the Divine standard he will see himself as he truly exists in God’s eyes.

The flat statement of the Almighty is that all men have fallen far short of God’s required standard. It is the popular and common practice of men to create their own standards; however, God has established His standard of perfection for entry into Heaven, and all men have "missed the mark".

God is not cruel and compassionless. He tells us that we “all have sinned,” all have missed the mark, and that if we confess to this fact, admitting that we have sinned, He will forgive and cleanse our sin and guarantee salvation in time and for eternity by accepting Jesus Christ as savior; and not by our "good works".

Man's original sin was disobedience to the command of God not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17, 3:6).

Sin brought shame and recognition of guilt (Genesis 3:10) and curses upon the man, woman, and the earth (Genesis 3:15-19).

Adam's sin brought consequences upon all men, spiritual death and physical death (Genesis 2:17; Ephesians 2:1; Romans 5:12-14), and an inherited sinful nature (Romans 5:12-21; Ephesians 2:3).

Man is also an individual sinner (Romans 3:9-12, 23, 5:12); therefore, man in his condition is unable to produce a righteousness that will give him merit in God's eyes (total depravity) (Romans 3:23; John 3:19). This does not mean man is as evil as he could be for he can get worse (Matthew 7:11).

A neoplasm developing from a hamartoma.

Multiple cartilaginous hamartomas.

1. A tumor-like mass resulting from the faulty growth or development of normal cells or tissue.
2. A benign tumor ,or tumorlike lesion, composed of one or more tissues normal to the organ but abnormally mixed and overgrown; for example, a hamartoma of the lung may contain a mixture of cartilage, connective tissue, and bronchial epithelium.
3. A tumor resulting from new growth of normal tissues.

The cells grow spontaneously, reach maturity, and then do not reproduce; therefore, the growth is self-limiting and benign.

An excessive compulsion to sin and to do evil things.

The presence or existence of multiple hamartomas.

Of the nature of or resembling a hamartoma.

1. Fear that one will commit or has committed some grievous error or unpardonable sin.
2. An excessive fear of committing errors or sins or of doing the wrong thing and being condemned for it.

This word is often misspelled as harmatophobia.

Those who have this phobia may fear one of several types of errors, including memory errors, which are not the same thing as forgetting; false recollections; accidents, as while driving a car; or minor accidents, as when spilling things or when dropping something.

Overgrowth of a tissue as a consequence of an excessive repair process.

A misspelling of hamartiological.

A misspelling of hamartiology.

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