Questions tagged [original-sin]
For questions pertaining to the doctrine that humanity is in a state of sin since Adam and Eve sinned by disobeying God.
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How can Paul having been alive apart from the Law reconcile with the doctrine of original sin?
How can Paul's having been alive apart from the Law, reconcile with the doctrine of original sin?
Romans 7:9 NASB--I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became ...
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Do Catholics believe that Mary mother of Jesus is as holy as God?
Note: This question is not to prove why this is wrong rather to find out if this is an official teaching of the Catholic Church.
Do Catholics believe that Mary mother of Jesus is as holy as God?
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What is Adam, if he isn't literally the first human?
For the sake of argument, let's say our most recent common ancestor lived in Africa 10,000s of years ago, humans originally evolved from apes and migrated out of Africa, and the entire creation ...
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Did the American Restoration Movement (Stone-Campbell Movement) Have a Position on Original Sin?
What did the early American Restoration Movement Churches (Stone-Campbell Movement Churches) believe regarding the doctrine of Original Sin?
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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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Did St. Joachim prevent the transmission of original sin to Mary by overcoming concupiscence?
St. Joachim is known to live a pious and humble life. If St. Joachim lived according to God's will and followed His inspirations in making a marital procreative act with St. Anne under the grace of ...
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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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Sources for baptismal exorcism of infants?
Are there any Christian texts before 600 CE which discuss the exorcism of infants or suggest that due to ancestral sin or for similar reasons infants are under the power of evil spirits?
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What does the Orthodox Church actually teach about Original Sin?
I've read from this link as followed :
In the Orthodox Faith, the term “original sin” refers to the “first”
sin of Adam and Eve. As a result of this sin, humanity bears the
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If God could make Mary sinless, why not anybody else?
In this thread one of the answers states that Catholic tradition has Mary as sinless from conception (if I read it correctly). I don't want to sound flippant here but this begs the question: if God ...
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What is an overview of the similarities and differences between the Catholic doctrine of Original Sin and the Reformed doctrine of Total Depravity?
Upon a cursory examination, both the Catholic doctrine of Original Sin and the Reformed doctrine of Total Depravity seem to say that mankind is by default separated from God.
What is an overview of ...
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According to Catholicism, is Adam or Eve more culpable for original sin?
From a Catholic perspective:
Is there a shared culpability between Adam and Eve for original sin, or is only Adam or Eve ultimately responsible?
Please, link answers from Catholic sources.
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How does one reconcile the principle of justice with the doctrine of original sin?
How does one reconcile the idea in modern democracy that every person will be judged purely based on their own actions, with the doctrine of the belief in the state of sin in which humanity exists ...
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Did anyone before Augustine teach Original Sin? [duplicate]
From what I understand Augustine was the first to introduce the idea of original sin. Did anyone before Augustine state that Adam and Eve's sin was a punishment to all humanity?
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According to Methodism, is it possible to live without sinning?
I don't trust the idea of original sin being inherited. However, that does raise another question: If children are innocent before they are able to differentiate between good and evil, is it possible ...
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Immaculate Conception: Why was it necessary for our Salvation?
According to many Catholic apologists, like Dr. Robert Sungenis,1 the dogma of the immaculate conception of Mary is not simply binding because it is a divinely revealed dogma, but according to them it ...
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According to Eastern Orthodoxy why did we inherit the sin of Adam and Eve?
God is known as very just and he likes to have mercy on people.
God doesn't want people to inherit sins of their parents. So why did we inherit this very sin? What is so special about the sin of Adam ...
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Does God cause the punishment or is that the effect of his absence?
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they
were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for
themselves.
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just ...
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Was Adam's rebellion the first sin?
I've looked at other questions on here regarding why Adam was considered the original sinner even though Eve ate the fruit first.
i.e. Why is Adam considered the original sinner?
However my question ...
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How is the election of Adam and Eve according to the Calvinist?
The Westminster Confession :
3.1 "God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to
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According to Genesis 3:1, what could be God's necessity to create serpent(intelligence) to act aginst self [closed]
According to Genesis 3:1, God created the serpent to be crafty and gave the serpent the ability to use the given intelligence. That means there should not be the disobedient intelligence that will ...
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At what moment did humans become sinful?
At what moment did humans become sinful? Precisely, at what moment did humans acquire sinful passions?
According to my knowledge of how the Eastern Orthodox Christians view the matter of sin, the sin ...
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What is the definition of ancestral sin from the perspective of Eastern Orthodox?
Can anyone drag and drop a concise definition of the Eastern Orthodox view of "Ancestral Sin" and quote the source? One of the reasons I ask is the great tomes of western theological definitions, such ...
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Which doctrine was formalised first: Infant Baptism or Original Sin?
What I mean is something like this :
Case A, Original Sin came first
because all newly born baby are going to hell if they die in their infant age
then let's do Infant Baptism so they don't go to ...
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Did St. Augustine think sexual pleasure = concupiscence?
Did St. Augustine think sexual pleasure and concupiscence are identical? If not, why do some people seem to think this? Concupiscence is simply a disorder in which the body rebels against the rational ...
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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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Which Christian sects do not beleive in original sin? [closed]
Which Christian sects do not beleive in original sin?
(Just like many sects do not beleive in Trinity.)
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Why when all are separated by mans sin was Noah chosen?
Why, if all are separated from God because of Adam's sin, did God choose Noah? Why be merciful to Noah's descendants if all are separated by sin?
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From a Dogmatic Catholic perspective, what is the eternal destination of an unbaptized embryo?
This dogmatic statement from the Council of Trent makes it Crystal Clear that we inherit sin from Adam.
If any one asserts, that the prevarication of Adam injured himself alone, and not his ...
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For those who deny the Immaculate Conception, why did Jesus not have original sin?
The Westminster Confession (8:2) says Jesus is of the substance of Mary:
The Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance and equal with the Father, ...
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If Christ had a complete human nature, how come his human nature wasn't totally depraved as ours is?
I understand the reformed doctrine of total depravity to be that the human nature is such that it is utterly unable to choose to follow God. Another way I've heard it put is that men are by nature ...
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How do proponents of Original Sin support a strictly literal interpretation of Genesis
Many modern theologians who adhere to the doctrine of original sin are often proponents of the claim that Genesis is to be interpreted strictly literally (most strictly as a 7 day creation of a young ...
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What is achieved by baptism in Eastern Orthodoxy (compared with Catholicism)
In Catholicism, a big part of baptism is the idea that it washes away original sin. As I understand things Eastern Orthodoxy denies original sin, so I'm wondering what the significance of baptism is ...
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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 does it really mean [not able not to sin] according to Augustine?
From this link, it is said that a newly born baby in relation to sin enumerated by Augustine of Hippo is [not able not to sin] (non posse non peccare).
What I thought from that [not able no to sin] ...
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According to Calvinists, is each person "dead in sin" at birth, or only after committing a sin?
First I thought that there is no difference between OS (Original Sin) and TD (Total Depravity) in the Calvinist pov.
This is what I first thought : (OS = TD)
Cain/Abel/Seth (and their next ...
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What are some sources of March, 25th being the date of the creation of the world, or of the creation of Adam and Eve, or of their disobedience?
As per title, I read -- in a very uninformed way -- of these traditions, among many others, in regards to March, 25th:
A) it would be the date of the creation of the world
B) it would be the ...
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How is the Vulgate rendering of Romans 5:12 explained (Roman Catholic perspective)?
The Greek text (Textus Receptus) of Romans 5:12 reads:
δια τουτο ωσπερ δι ενος ανθρωπου η αμαρτια εις τον κοσμον εισηλθεν και
δια της αμαρτιας ο θανατος και ουτως εις παντας ανθρωπους ο θανατος
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In what sense was Mary born without original sin in Roman Catholic dogma?
Is the following quotation an accurate explanation of Roman Catholic dogma regarding Mary?
The reason that Mary is “full of grace,” the Church has said, is because of Ephesians 1:3-6 (Redemptoris ...
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According to LCMC Lutheranism, why is human imagination considered evil, when unsaved people do some amazingly good things?
According to Genesis 6:5 (NIV)
every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
According to Genesis 8:21 states similarly
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According to Reformed theology, what is an infant's first sin?
From what I understand, every human that has ever lived is "born into sin", which means we all carry a "sin nature". Saul says:
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23
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Why doesn't God remit everyone of original sin in Catholicism?
I know that in Catholicism, Mary didn't have the original sin. If God had the power to do this, why didn't he do this with other people?
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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?
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According to Catholic doctrine, do our fallen, finite nature and our relationship with God set us up for abusive relationships in this life?
We are created in the image and likeness of God, and are therefore acting in accordance with our true nature when we strive for self-emptying love, as we imitate God and Christ in so striving.
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What does Colossians 2:11 mean in light of Evangelical Protestant Soteriology?
And in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without
hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of
Christ;
Colossians 2:11 (NASB)
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What is the historical cause between the discrepancy of evangelical approaches to original sin and Jewish ones? [closed]
(Modern) Judaism is usually described as not subscribing to the original sin doctrine, where humanity is seen as inherently doomed per the actions of Adam and Eve. (It looks like it's a generalisation,...
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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 was St. Thomas Aquinas's view on the difference between punishment accorded to original sin and punishment accorded to individual sin?
Many different thinkers in Catholicism have proposed different theories regarding what original sin is compared to individual sin. From this, different theologians have thought that original sin ...
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Did Noah's family still have Original Sin? [closed]
From what I understand, God created Adam and Eve, banished them from the garden, and humanity became corrupted and stained with Original Sin.
Some time passed. God said enough was enough, and started ...
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Were other sins possible in the paradise?
Except for not eating from the tree of knowledge were there any other things that Adam and Eve weren't allowed to do or was everything else allowed?
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