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.
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)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Genesis 3
this entity surface form:
yetzer hara