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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Original/First Sin: As presented by the catholic and orthodox chuches appear to be the same but they both claim otherwise
I was looking up some stuff and noticed that multiple sources claim that the Catholics and Orthodox have a different view on the "first sin" or "original sin".
There is this ...
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what does it mean in The Canons of Dort article 17?
From What does Calvinism teach about infant death? Do newborn babies go to heaven when they die because they haven't committed sins yet, or do they go to hell because they, like everyone else, have a ...
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Doesn’t John 9:34 lay the groundwork for what the Jewish people believed about Original Sin?
For context, we read:
“They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because
He opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had ...
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What is John Wesley's belief about imputation of guilt?
There are some that seem to say that he doesn't and then some seems to say that he does (p.19) so I wonder what is going on here. I understand that there are different kinds of ways to explain how ...
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Did Original Sin derive solely from Adam or from both Adam and Eve?
Pohle, God the Author of Nature and the Supernatural pt. 2, ch. 2, §3, art. 4, 1. claims:
It is a controverted question among theologians whether [1] original sin derives solely from Adam or [2] from ...
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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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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
pass; yet so, as thereby ...
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