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Original Sin

From one man's fall, a wound passed to every child of Adam

Original sin names the fallen condition humanity is held to inherit from Adam's first transgression, drawn especially from Romans 5 and shaped by Augustine against Pelagius. The traditions differ on its content: the Western, Augustinian view stresses inherited guilt, while the Eastern tradition emphasizes inherited mortality and corruption rather than guilt. All agree humanity needs God's grace; they describe the inheritance differently.

How it traveled

  1. Romans
    Corinth · 67
    explains
  2. Against Heresies: Book III
    Lyons · 202
    explains
  3. The Instructions of Commodianus.
    — · 220
    explains
  4. A Treatise on the Soul.
    — · 220
    explains
  5. Appendix
    — · 220
    explains
  6. Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations
    Mosul · 345
    explains
  7. Ephraim Syrus: The Nisibene Hymns
    Edessa · 373
    explains
  8. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    explains
  9. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  10. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  11. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    applies
  12. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  13. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  14. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  15. Against the Pelagians
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  16. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  17. A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  18. A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  19. On Marriage and Concupiscence
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  20. A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  21. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  22. A Treatise on the Soul and its Origin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  23. A Treatise on Nature and Grace
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  24. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  25. The Enchiridion
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  26. A Treatise Concerning Man’s Perfection in Righteousness
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  27. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  28. A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  29. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  30. A Treatise on the Spirit and the Letter
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains

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A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants — Book I — The One Sin Common to All Men.↗explains

A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants · Augustine of Hippo

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Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel — CHAPTER 1. - THROUGH THE FALL AND REVOLT OF ADAM, THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE MADE ACCURSED AND DEGENERATE. OF ORIGINAL SIN. — part 6↗explains

Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin

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On Marriage and Concupiscence — Book II — Adam’s Sin is Derived from Him to Every One Who is Born Even of Regenerate Parents; The Example of the Olive Tree and the Wild Olive.↗explains

On Marriage and Concupiscence · Augustine of Hippo

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART I. Evidences of Original Sin from Facts and Events. — CHAPTER I. The Evidence of the Doctrine from Facts. — part 14↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART I. Evidences of Original Sin from Facts and Events. — CHAPTER I. The Evidence of the Doctrine from Facts. — part 4↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART II. Proofs of the Doctrine from particular parts of Scripture. — CHAPTER III. Observations on Texts, chiefly of the New Testament. — part 9↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians — Book IV — Pelagians and Manicheans on the Praise of the Creature.↗explains

A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants — Book III — The Ancients Assumed Original Sin.↗explains

A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants · Augustine of Hippo

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Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel — CHAPTER 1. - THROUGH THE FALL AND REVOLT OF ADAM, THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE MADE ACCURSED AND DEGENERATE. OF ORIGINAL SIN. — part 4↗explains

Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin

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Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel — CHAPTER 1. - THROUGH THE FALL AND REVOLT OF ADAM, THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE MADE ACCURSED AND DEGENERATE. OF ORIGINAL SIN. — part 7↗explains

Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin

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The Canons of the Synods of Sardica, Carthage, Constantinople, and Carthage Under St. Cyprian, Which Canons Were Received by the Council in Trullo and Ratified by II. Nice — The Canons of the CCXVII Blessed Fathers who assembled at Carthage. Commonly Called The Code of Canons of the African Church. — The Canons of the 217 Blessed Fathers who assembled at Carthage. — part 28↗explains

The Canons of the Synods of Sardica, Carthage, Constantinople, and Carthage Under St. Cyprian, Which Canons Were Received by the Council in Trullo and Ratified by II. Nice · The Ecumenical Councils

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The Enchiridion — Through Adam’s Sin His Whole Posterity Were Corrupted, and Were Born Under the Penalty of Death, Which He Had Incurred.↗explains

The Enchiridion · Augustine of Hippo

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART I. Evidences of Original Sin from Facts and Events. — CHAPTER I. The Evidence of the Doctrine from Facts. — part 1↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART I. Evidences of Original Sin from Facts and Events. — CHAPTER I. The Evidence of the Doctrine from Facts. — part 13↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART I. Evidences of Original Sin from Facts and Events. — CHAPTER I. The Evidence of the Doctrine from Facts. — part 42↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART I. Evidences of Original Sin from Facts and Events. — CHAPTER I. The Evidence of the Doctrine from Facts. — part 8↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART II. Proofs of the Doctrine from particular parts of Scripture. — CHAPTER II. Observations on Texts, chiefly of the Old Testament, &c. — part 1↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART II. Proofs of the Doctrine from particular parts of Scripture. — CHAPTER II. Observations on Texts, chiefly of the Old Testament, &c. — part 2↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART II. Proofs of the Doctrine from particular parts of Scripture. — CHAPTER II. Observations on Texts, chiefly of the Old Testament, &c. — part 4↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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The great christian doctrine of original sin defended — PART II. Proofs of the Doctrine from particular parts of Scripture. — CHAPTER II. Observations on Texts, chiefly of the Old Testament, &c. — part 5↗explains

The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards

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