Original sin

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Original sin is the Christian doctrine that humanity inherits a fallen, sinful condition from the first humans’ disobedience to God, necessitating divine grace for salvation.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Genesis 3 1
yetzer hara 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrine
doctrine of sin
theological concept
affirmedByCouncil Council of Carthage (418)
Council of Orange (529)
Council of Trent
associatedWith Calvinism
surface form: Augustinian theology

Calvinism
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Calvinism
surface form: Reformed theology

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
basedOnEvent the Fall of humanity
basedOnText 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
Original sin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Genesis 3

Psalm 51:5
Romans 5:12–21
centralTo Western Christianity
debatedBy Pelagius
describes alienation from God
corruption of human nature
inherited sinful condition of humanity
distinguishedFrom actual sin
personal sins
hasAspect corruption of will
guilt (in some theologies)
loss of original righteousness
hasDomain Christian theology
hamartiology
soteriology
historicallyFormulatedBy Church Fathers
surface form: Augustine of Hippo
implies inability of humans to save themselves
inclination of humans toward sin
necessity of salvation through Christ
need for divine grace
spiritual death
universal sinfulness of human beings
ordinarilyAddressedBy baptism (in many traditions)
rejectedOrModifiedBy Eastern Orthodox theology (in Western sense)
Pelagius
surface form: Pelagianism

Modalism
surface form: Socinianism

Modalism
surface form: Unitarianism
relatedTo doctrine of atonement
doctrine of baptism
doctrine of grace
doctrine of the Fall
remediedBy Christ’s redemptive work
transmittedFrom Adam
Eve
transmittedTo all human beings
understoodAs hereditary corruption (in many traditions)
hereditary guilt (in some traditions)

Referenced by (4)

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Original sin basedOnText Original sin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Genesis 3
Judaism hasConcept Original sin
this entity surface form: yetzer hara
Christianity hasImportantDoctrine Original sin