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What is the biblical basis for the doctrine of original sin?
I was recently discussing theology and baptism with my Arminian teacher when he mentioned that he doesn't believe in the doctrine of original sin, saying "I don't believe sin is genetic".
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Can the concept of original sin be Scripturally proven or not? [duplicate]
The word for 'weakness' (astheneo) of the flesh (Rom.8:3), or the 'infirmity' (astheneo) of the flesh (Rom.6:19) seems to indicate that the inclination to sin is in our fallen flesh nature and not ...
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What is the biblical basis for Jeremiah and John the Baptist being born without original sin?
I am reading The Life & Glories of Saint Joseph, by Edward Healy Thompson, which was first published in 1888. At the start of Chapter VII, in which the argument is made that Joseph was born ...
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What is the biblical basis for the Immaculate Conception?
According to Catholic Doctrine, the Immaculate Conception refers to the teaching that Mary's own conception (not that of Jesus) was without the stain of original sin.
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In the tradition of Jehovah's Witnesses, does Romans 6:23 mean that all people who are resurrected have their sins blotted out?
Since the Bible itself says there is to be a resurrection of the good and bad (Acts 24:15) how do Jehovah's Witnesses explain their position that death blots out the sins of all?
If death blots out ...
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Are the weaknesses in man intended by God? What are those weaknesses? Are they sinful?
In the scriptures, it says in Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope.
I also remember Paul saying in 2 Corin. 12:9 that:
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What is the Biblical basis for the Catholic teaching that infant baptism cleanses from original sin?
The Catholic Church, possibly the Orthodox Churches, and even some Protestant churches practice Infant Baptism. However, I understand that Catholicism teaches that infant baptism cleanses the infant ...
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What is the difference in original sin and our nature to sin from a Reformed or Calvinist view?
There is another question like this on the CSE but seems to be answered with the Catholic view in mind. As a Calvinist, I have become quite confused or I am just not properly understanding the ...
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Does the Bible ever describe the Fall in ways different than Genesis 3?
In his book In the Beginning, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote the following with regards to the pre-Pauline hymn of Phil 2:5-11:
We cannot consider this extraordinarily rich and profound text [Phil
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What is the biblical basis for concluding that 'all moral works' done without grace are sinful?
Jonathan Edwards, a renowned Christian thinker and past president of Princeton University said:
So long as men are in their natural state, they not only have no good thing, but it is impossible ...
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Are we born sinners? [closed]
We can be quite certain that God didn't originally create us as sinners. Rather Adam and Eve chose sin in the Fall.
The doctrine of original sin is widely held in Christian churches, but those ...
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