the doctrine that Adam's sin was passed on to all mankind. Human beings are thus 'born in sin' and universally in need of redemption.
a sin inherited by all descendants of Adam; "Adam and Even committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden"
the sin of disobedience committed by our first parents, Adam and Eve (who are the origin and head of all mankind) in the Garden of Eden. It is a sin which all mankind inherits as a consequence of the sin of "pride" and "grave disobedience" of our first parents
the inherited sin nature of Adam that resulted from Adam's sin.
Original sin is the doctrine that as descendants of Adam, we inherit his sinfulness, just as we inherit his humanity. In the west, primarily because of St. Augustine, this concept grew to include the idea that we inherit Adamâ€(tm)s guilt. Calvin took Augustineâ€(tm)s position to the extreme, teaching that we are totally depraved and without any natural virtue or worth whatsoever. The eastern Church teaches that we have inherited from Adam the state of sin, but not the guilt of sin. Therefore, despite original sin, we still possess the small amount of goodness necessary to realize our sinfulness, to choose good, and to repent of evil. The eastern Church teaches that if we were totally worthless, we would be totally irredeemable.
According to Catholic doctrine, Adam and Eve committed a sin by eating the fruit of the tree of Knowledge. This sin, in turn, was passed down to all their descendants, causing them to have a predilection to sin, to be frail and mortal. The sacrament of Baptism was said, in part, to remove some of the stigma of Original Sin. While any baptized child who died before the age of reason was understood to go to Heaven, an infant who died before being baptized could not go to Heaven, and was instead consigned to a gloomy place known as Limbo, whose name has itself passed into common usage.
The fact that every person born comes into the world stained with the consequences of the sins of Adam and Eve and of their other ancestors. These consequences are chiefly: (1) mortality, (2) a tendency to sin, and (3) alienation from God and from other people. Original sin does not carry guilt, however, for a person is guilty only of his or her own sins, not of those of Adam. Therefore, the Orthodox Church does not believe that a baby who dies unbaptized is condemned to hell. See Gen. 3:1-24; Rom. 5:12-16.
the Christian doctrine that the sin of Adam (Genesis 2.8-3.24) is passed on to all human beings as a state of privation of grace and weakening of human nature and natural human powers.
The belief that someone who has just begun to live bears the responsibility of the sins of his/her ancestors and should therefore be punished for eternity unless he is baptized. (see baptism)
In the Christian theology of the Latin Church, "original sin" is the innate state of evil in which all humans have been held captive since the Fall of Man. Theologians have differed over the centuries on details and on exactly how to interpret this. Return to Theme
in Christian doctrine, the condition of sinfulness that all humans share because of Adam and Eve's disobedience of God in the Garden of Eden
the state man is born into the world according to the New Testament.
The doctrine that the universal sinfulness of humanity (both guilt and moral corruption) came from Adam’s initial sin (Gen. 3). The sinful condition of humanity was inherited from Adam.
The Christian belief that the sin of disobedience carried out by Adam and Eve is transmitted as guilt in all mankind
In classical Christian thought, the fundamental state of sinfulness and guilt, inherited from the first man Adam, that infects all of humanity but can be removed through depending on Christ.
According to Christian tradition, original sin is the general condition of sinfulness (lack of holiness) into which human beings are born (Psalm 51:5). Original sin is also called hereditary sin, birth sin, or person sin. Used with the definite article ("the original sin"), it refers to the first sin, committed when Adam and Eve succumbed to the serpent's temptation.
Original Sin is a 2001 movie starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas. It is based on the novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich. The movie is rated 'R' due to its sexual scenes.
Original Sin is a 1994 detective novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James. It is set in London, mainly in Wapping in the Borough of Tower Hamlets, and centeres around the city's oldest publishing house, Peverell Press, headquartered in a mock-Venetian palace on the River Thames.
Original Sin is a concept album performed by Pandora's Box and produced by Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote the majority of this album, although there are a couple of cover versions. It was the group's only album.
Japanese director Takashi Ishii. Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extra-marital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.