Kathryn Fewell Moral Theology October 18‚ 2012 Original Sin Original sin can be defined as the first human beings disobeying God’s word. Besides the sin of Adam and Eve‚ original sin describes the fallen state of human nature which now affects everyone that is born into this world. Through Jesus Christ we can be redeemed for our sins. From day one God has loved each and every person unconditionally‚ but we as humans are not born knowing and loving God. A relationship with God is something
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Sin is humanity’s greatest problem. Because of it‚ humans are separated from their Creator and cannot enjoy His promised blessings. Therefore‚ it is pertinent that the church has the proper view of sin. This starts with a proper definition from the apostle John‚ who states that sin is lawlessness (1 Jn. 3:4). What Lutherans believe regarding sin is different from this. They teach what is commonly known as original sin (Kolb 37-38). First‚ original sin should be defined. Original sin is the sin all
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Original Sin is a Christian theology first proposed by St. Augustine as a way of explaining that humans innately have a tendency to be evil and why humans are capable of being evil. Original Sin comes from the concept of the Fall from when Adam first sinned. I don’t think that Augustine’s teaching on original sin is successful because whilst the theory is able to explain why everyone is capable of evil‚ Augustine’s literal meaning of the Old Testament means he is narrow minded regarding the cause
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The Real Original Sin When John Milton wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost‚ his vision about how the books would effect peoples lives‚ even to this day could not be for seen. Since these books follow the same story about the first man and women most people know the basic concept already. Milton’s story‚ like most other epics starts in medias res‚ right after Satan’s failed attack to take over heaven. With God’s knowledge of Adam and Eve’s inevitable failure questions the idea of why sin had to be
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SIN The world is fallen and not the way if was intended to be. In the beginning‚ when God created the world it was good‚ this is seen in Genesis 1-2. Just a couple pages to the right‚ in chapter 3‚ sin enters the world. The crafty serpent enticed the woman‚ Eve‚ to eat from the tree that God commanded the man‚ Adam‚ not to eat from. After the woman took a bite she offered the man some of the forbidden fruit‚ thus sin entered the world. But how much effect did sin have on the world and humans‚ whom
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Original Sin Today Joseph Ratzinger’s homily‚ Sin and Salvation shows how original sin continues to affect humans today. Ratzinger begins his homily by recounting the story of original sin from Genesis 3:1-13. Adam and Eve are driven from the Garden of Eden because they have disobeyed God’s rules. He then tells how sin is not taken seriously in modern times. People suppress the truth about sin‚ despite it being a prevalent issue in our world today. Ratzinger then goes back to the Garden of Eden‚
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The Innate Nature of Sin Nathaniel Hathorne was an author who consistently wrote about satires of the Puritan time. His short stories often revolved around themes of sin and how no one could escape from committing sin. The short stories “The Minister’s Black Veil” and “Young Goodman Brown‚” written by Hawthorne‚ reflect these themes through elements of fiction‚ such as plot‚ setting‚ symbolism‚ and point of view. “The Minister’s Black Veil” is about a town’s minister who walks into Sunday Congregation
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“Original sin”: is the Puritan belief that all sin developed from women due to the fact that Eve‚ the first woman‚ made the first sin by giving in to temptation and offering it to men. This sin made the belief that all children created are a sinner and should take responsibility for the act of Adam and Eve. In the book‚ The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne uses imagery‚ symbolism‚ and the belief in “original sin” to criticize how women are not seen as equals to men. The Imagery in The Scarlet Letter portrays
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chapter 4‚ Lecture 3‚ "The Mystery of Original Sin" article‚ and Bible passages) and address the following questions with a total word count (including questions) of 500-750 words. Cite all of the resources used with in-text citations‚ using at least two sources from the Topic 3 readings. These will be included in the list of references at the end of the assignment. Write your paragraph response directly below each question: 1. What is revealed about human nature (from Gen 1-2)? In Genesis 1-2 it
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Throughout the history of the church there has been much debate about the nature of free will because it is difficult for us to understand how God’s omniscience‚ specifically his knowledge of what is to come‚ allows for anything to be done freely. However‚ through studying the nature of free will from Ansel’s perspective‚ it is easier to understand how our will is actually free‚ and as a result the position of Augustine on the nature of our will‚ the one which the Catholic Church holds as doctrine‚ is
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