total depravity
Innate human wickedness
Total depravity is the first point of the five points of Calvinism.
The doctrine of total depravity asserts that as a result of the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, every person born into the world is enslaved to sin and is unable to choose to follow God or accept salvation.
Total depravity is closely related to original sin, which is the idea that all people inherit a sinful nature.
Inherited spiritual corruption
- AdamFirst created man
- fallDescend under gravity
- Garden of EdenBiblical first home
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
disobedience · transgression · serpent · expulsion · curse · inherited guilt · spiritual death · inability
Predestinarian Protestant theology
- TULIPCup-shaped spring flower
- original sinInherited spiritual corruption
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- Westminster ConfessionSeventeenth-century Reformed statement
supralapsarianism · reprobation · election · regeneration · imputation
Moral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
- ungodlinessLack of religious devotion
vice · heart of stone · hardened heart · concupiscence · flesh · carnality · rebellion · unrighteousness
original sin
Inherited spiritual corruption
- AdamFirst created man
- fallDescend under gravity
- Garden of EdenBiblical first home
forbidden fruit · disobedience · transgression · serpent · expulsion · curse · inherited guilt · spiritual death · inability · concupiscence
Calvinism
Predestinarian Protestant theology
- TULIPCup-shaped spring flower
- original sinInherited spiritual corruption
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
Westminster Confession · supralapsarianism · reprobation · election · regeneration · imputation
wickedness
Moral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
ungodliness · vice · heart of stone · hardened heart · concupiscence · flesh · carnality · rebellion · unrighteousness
- fundamentalismfundamentalism, inerrancy, literalism, dogmatism, strict interpretation
- Puritan Themespredestination, Calvinism, Puritanism, original sin, the elect
- sinoriginal sin, mortal sin, venial sin, deadly sins, seven deadly sins
- AugustineConfessions, original sin, divine grace, predestination, Doctor of the Church
- CalvinismCalvinism, TULIP, predestination, John Calvin, elect
- Doctrinespredestination, original sin, justification, sanctification, incarnation
total depravitymoral perfection
Complete virtue without flaw
glorification · sinlessness · purity of heart · saintliness · innate goodness
total, totally, totality, depraved, depravity, deprave, subtotal, depravities, depraving