Original sin

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Christian doctrine doctrine of sin theological concept

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Original sin canonical	3
Christian doctrine of original sin	1
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 (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasImportantDoctrine → Original sin ⓘ

Judaism → hasConcept → Original sin ⓘ

this entity surface form: yetzer hara

Original sin → basedOnText → Original sin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Genesis 3

Virgin Birth of Jesus → relatedConcept → Original sin ⓘ

Creation of Adam → distinguishedFrom → Original sin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian doctrine of original sin

Eden → relatedConcept → Original sin ⓘ