sinner

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Scorsese’s faith, and his battles with it, provide something of a leitmotif of the series — is he a saint or a sinner?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

“I finally saw, like, ‘Oh, I’m a sinner by God’s standard,’ and then I understood my need for a savior and for Jesus,” she said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Neither of them had some road-to-Damascus moment that turned the sinner into a saint.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

It took a credible swing at Cave's dark religious imagery, with lyrics like: "I am the sinner, I am the saint."

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2023

In contrast to the Catholicism of school, the Mexican Catholicism of home was less concerned with man the sinner than with man the supplicant.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez