Conscience-seared
1Seared — Seared, a. Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences. [1913 Webster] A seared conscience and a remorseless heart. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …
2Seared — Sear Sear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Searing}.] [OE. seeren, AS. se[ a]rian. See {Sear}, a.] 1. To wither; to dry up. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a… …
3Conscience — That faculty of the mind, or inborn sense of right and wrong, by which we judge of the moral character of human conduct. It is common to all men. Like all our other faculties, it has been perverted by the Fall (John 16:2; Acts 26:9; Rom. 2:15) …
4Court of Conscience — Fully developed by 17th century European theology, the concept of the Court Of Conscience held that one s conscience would testify for or against one s actions in life after death. During life, the faculty of conscience was like, but not the same …
5Great Apostasy — The Great Apostasy is a term used by some religious groups to allege a general fallen state of traditional Christianity, or especially of Catholicism, magisterial Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy, that it is not representative of the faith… …
6Bible prophecy — Part of a series on The Bible …
7Encratites — The Encratites( self controlled ) were an ascetic second century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat. Eusebius says that Tatian was the author of this heresy [Eusebius, iv. 28, 29 ] . It is these Gnostic… …
81 Timothy 4 — 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding… …
9casehardened — a., p. 1. Hardened (on the outside), steeled, converted into steel (on the surface), indurated. 2. Conscience seared, obdurate, reprobate, dead to duty, lost to shame, brazen, brazen faced …
10Sear — Sear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Searing}.] [OE. seeren, AS. se[ a]rian. See {Sear}, a.] 1. To wither; to dry up. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of …
