Fault
Sins
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Lutheranism and several other Protestant Churches actually have this as a Credo, that Jesus Christ has taken every single person's sins on himself and therefor literally nobody is at fault for anything but God himself.
Source: Never My Fault -
After avenging the death of his family, which he blames on Ares but really was just his own fault for slaughtering every man, woman, and child during his massacres, Athena reminds him that the gods always only promised to forgive his sins, but not to free him from the torment of his own memories.
Source: Rage Against the Heavens -
Aesop Amnesia: If you had Vincent in your party when fighting Hojo in the original game, he's shown to realize that Hojo was at fault for everything and that he doesn't need to "repent for his sins" any longer.
Source: Video Game / Dirge of Cerberus
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