impeccabilitas
Impeccabilitas, or impeccability, is the state or quality of being unable to sin. The term comes from Latin, with peccare meaning “to sin” and the prefix in- plus the abstract noun suffix -bilitas forming the concept of an inability or incapability. In English scholarship the noun impeccabilitas is sometimes used alongside its English counterpart impeccability to discuss moral and theological issues.
In Christian theology, impeccability is most often discussed in relation to God and Jesus Christ. For God,
Scholarly discussions have varied over time. Medieval and early modern theologians often framed Christ’s life in
See also: peccability, impeccability, Christology, sinlessness.