original sin
Eden's lasting consequence
Original sin is the Christian doctrine that all humans inherit a state of sinfulness from Adam and Eve's disobedience in Eden.
In casual use, original sin refers to a foundational error or flaw that taints everything following: The original sin of the project was underestimating costs.
The phrase suggests a mistake so early and fundamental that its consequences cannot be escaped.
Scriptural original paradise
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- appleCrisp tree fruit
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
disobedience · banishment · paradise · nakedness · shame · curse · mortality · corruption
First created man
- EveGenesis matriarch
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
Augustine · Calvinism · Lutheranism · catechism · dogma · hereditary · ancestral · inherited
Painful awareness of failure
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- taintMake impure
- stainLasting surface discoloration
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
iniquity · transgression · moral corruption · blameworthy · human condition · inherited guilt · spiritual death · flesh
Compensation for wrongdoing
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
absolution · reconciliation · sanctification · mercy · rebirth · deliverance · regeneration · cleansing
Existing from birth
- inherentExisting as essential part
- congenitalExisting from birth
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- indelibleImpossible to remove
hereditary · transmitted · universal · human nature · birthright · endemic · pervasive · unavoidable
Eden
Scriptural original paradise
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- appleCrisp tree fruit
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
temptation · disobedience · banishment · paradise · nakedness · shame · curse · mortality · corruption · expulsion
Adam
First created man
Christianity · Augustine · Calvinism · Lutheranism · catechism · dogma · hereditary · ancestral · inherited · concupiscence
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- taintMake impure
- stainLasting surface discoloration
sinfulness · iniquity · transgression · moral corruption · blameworthy · human condition · inherited guilt · spiritual death · flesh · brokenness
atonement
Compensation for wrongdoing
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
baptism · absolution · reconciliation · sanctification · mercy · rebirth · deliverance · regeneration · cleansing · sacrifice
inborn
Existing from birth
- inherentExisting as essential part
- congenitalExisting from birth
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
indelible · hereditary · transmitted · universal · human nature · birthright · endemic · pervasive · unavoidable
- Biblical ReferencesAdam and Eve, ark, forbidden fruit, Garden of Eden, Ten Commandments
- Catholic Theologydogma, sacred tradition, divine revelation, papal infallibility, infallibility
- Church Doctrinecreeds, orthodoxy, church councils, Nicene Creed, Christology
- Christian loreAdam, Eve, Adam and Eve, Noah, Satan
- Biblical ExpressionsGarden of Eden, David and Goliath, Good Samaritan, prodigal son, forbidden fruit
- Good and Evilgood, evil, good versus evil, virtue and vice, morality
original sinsalvation
Deliverance from harm
redemption · grace · state of grace · sinlessness · justification
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