Wickedness is generally considered a synonym for evil or sinfulness. Confession, in many religions, is the acknowledgment of one's sins (sinfulness) or wrongs. Neo-orthodox theologians instead emphasized divine transcendence and the sinfulness of humanity. The underlying theme of humankind's sinfulness may be illustrated in a number of ways. In moral apologetics, the arguments for man's sinfulness and man's need for redemption are stressed. Prosperity or poverty are directly correlated with either virtue or sinfulness, respectively; not fate. Sacheverell pointed to the sinfulness of the false brethren. Reformed theologians emphasize that this sinfulness affects all of a person's nature, including their will. It condemned as heretical Luther's doctrine of the sinfulness of good works (Sess. VI, can. General prelest is forgetting and not noticing one's sinfulness. But abolitionists emphasized the sinfulness of individual owners, which Lincoln never did. Bernard of Clairvaux spread the message that the loss was the result of sinfulness. In 13th century English "crime" meant "sinfulness", according to the Online Etymology Dictionary.