Definitions for Original Sin
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. original sinnoun

   a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam

   "Adam and Eve committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden"

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1. original sinnoun

   The state of sin, present in each human at birth, that is a direct result of Adam's disobedience to God.

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1. Original Sin

   Original Sin is a 2001 song performed by Elton John. The song was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

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1. Original sin

   Original sin, also called ancestral sin, is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the fall of man, stemming from Adam's rebellion in Eden. This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as insignificant as a slight deficiency, or a tendency toward sin yet without collective guilt, referred to as a "sin nature", to something as drastic as total depravity or automatic guilt of all humans through collective guilt. The concept of original sin was first alluded to in the 2nd century by Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons in his controversy with certain dualist Gnostics. Its scriptural foundation is based on the New Testament teaching of Paul the Apostle, and Psalm 51:5. Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose and Ambrosiaster considered that mankind shares in Adam's sin, transmitted by human generation. Augustine's formulation of original sin was popular among Reformers, such as Martin Luther and John Calvin who equated original sin with concupiscence, affirming that it persisted even after baptism and completely destroyed freedom. Within Roman Catholicism, the Jansenist movement, which the Church then declared heretical, also maintained that original sin destroyed freedom of will.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Original Sin

   the name given by the theologians to the inherent tendency to sin on the part of all mankind, due, as alleged, to their descent from Adam and the imputation of Adam's guilt to them as sinning in him.

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1. original sin

   Read the full text of the Original Sin poem by kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Original Sin in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Original Sin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Original Sin in a Sentence

1. Helen Hayes:

   Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it.

2. Robert King:

   I come from a Roman Catholic family, i do believe the world is under the umbrella of original sin.

3. Alida Garcia:

   The original sin was relying on President Trump’s Title 42 instead of taking the early hits to get out of it and build legal pathways to relieve pressure off the border.

4. Julian Castro:

   I've said that if under our Constitution that we compensate if take their property, why wouldn't we compensate people who were considered property and sanctioned by the state ? i believe that for the black community, for the white community, for every other American -- that it is important to address that original sin, and until we do we may feel like we're moving forward as one nation, but I don't think that we ever will.

5. Fran Lebowitz:

   Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Original Sin
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Original_Sin
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Sin
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Original Sin
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#OriginalSin