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How does Orthodox Theology reject original sin and not fall into Pelagianism?
One big difference between the Eastern and Western churches is the idea of original sin, Instead of "original sin" the Orthodox Church holds to "ancestral sin" which has been ...
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According to mainstream Christian thinking (Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholicism), do i inherit Adam's sins but not Adam's good deeds?
I have have read the posts related to this question, but they do not tackle this issue from the same angle.
For the related questions i have seen, the focus was only on why we inherit Adam's sins. I ...
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Does the Catholic church teach that sin is "transmitted" by the father?
Many questions on this site (usually about Catholic/Marian doctrine) have had references to sin as being inherited/transmitted from the father (and specifically the father, as opposed to either/both ...
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From a Roman Catholic view, after God creates a soul, does He let the soul to choose if they want to enter a body? Can a soul refuse to be embodied?
The Catholic Catechism says this:
366 The Church teaches that every spiritual soul is created immediately by God - it is not "produced" by the parents - and also that it is immortal: it does ...
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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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From a Protestant perspective, do we really have free will if sin nature is passed on from Adam and Eve to us?
If we are born with a sinful nature from Adam, does that really mean we have free will, since the sin nature makes us more likely to choose to sin?
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How to reconcile the original creation of every soul (Creationism) by God with original sin?
The Catholic Church teaches that (CCC 366),
every spiritual soul is created immediately by God — it is not 'produced' by the parents.
So, if every soul is uniquely created by God and is not produced ...
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Following the Doctrine in Council of Trent, does God give a soul to human at conception deprived of sanctifying grace?
The Catholic Church teaches, as St. Thomas Aquinas explained, that God intended our first parents to give their descendants the blessings of original justice. When they lost the gifts, however, they ...
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If baptism cleanses original sin then why do the children of baptised parents still need to be baptised?
Why do the children of the parents who were baptized need to be baptized? The parent's original sin was removed by their baptism so they shouldn't be passing it down anymore. Or how does it work? Is ...
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What prominent Christian thinkers (if any) held to polygenism and if so how did these thinkers view original sin? [duplicate]
Have any influential or well known (be it in scholastics or in media) Christian thinkers express views that the first 'couple' was 'couples' (polygenism) and if so, how did they reconcile this ...
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What is an overview of the way Adam and Eve ate and became like God?
And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.
(Gen 3:22)
In what way did Adam and Eve become like God, in knowing good from evil? Most answers to related ...
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According to Reformed Theology how can God judge us if we are born sinful?
This question was asked by my Atheist friend who was raised Jewish. His point was basically that if we are all inherently sinners (Rom.3:23) than how can God hold us accountable for something we ...
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Thomism, Natural Law and our Fallen Nature
One of the foundations of Thomistic philosophy is Natural Law, which at its basis holds that "committing evil does not accord with human nature". (Thomas Storck, "Four Sins that Cry to Heaven." New ...
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Why did God not want man to have the knowledge of good and evil? [closed]
When God created man, he created him with the fore knowledge that man would eat from the forbidden tree, and even with the knowledge that man would bring sin into the World; God created the tree in ...
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Is man born in God's image, or was that just Adam? [closed]
I have noticed many Christians say 'we were born in God’s image', but the scripture seems to imply that men are 'born in the image of their Father, the Devil?'
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This is how we know ...
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How is original sin transmitted? [closed]
Assuming the doctrine of original sin is true, how exactly is original sin passed down to the rest of mankind? Was the nature of man changed? If so, what exempted Christ from sin but allowed him to ...
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