SIN

SIN

Great obstacle to freedom.

Why is it called "original sin"?

Its roots in the origins of the human race alone explain its universality; and it is a state contrary to God's will. It affects our capacity to love God, become our true selves, and achieve our destiny with our fellow men and women.

ORIGINATING SIN

Sinful act of Adam and Eve which brought evil and brokenness into the world.

How does the Bible treat original sin?

The Bible's "Good News" narrates the history of sin in the world to bring out our need for God's redeeming love through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit.

How does Church teaching explain original sin?

The Church clarifies that we do not inherit Adam's personal sin, but its consequences, that is that as members of the human race, we are born deprived of sanctifying grace, into the sinful condition in the world with our weakened human nature resulting from his sin.

ORIGINATED SIN

The actual sinful state into which we are born, the essence of which is the privation of sanctifying grace, and some of whose consequences are evident in the outside sinful situation (sin of the world),and the inner effect of disordered desires (concupiscence)we all experience within us.

What is meant by "concupiscence"?

is that deep-seated disorder in our appetites and drives that is the root-cause of many of our personal sins; through God's redeeming grace we are strengthened to overcome this disorder within us.