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Original Sin

Augustine On Original Sin

• ¶ 2912 On Original Sin, 37.
• ¶ 5Therefore, there is no original sin that has corrupted human nature and no sin that is inherited from our parents.
• ¶ 2Hence, he is often praised or blamed as the father of the concept of original sin.

Sin

• ¶ 7…leaves. All sins sprout from the original sin, which is their root. Without extirpating the original sin, there is no way to completely eradicate other sins.
• ¶ 2Sin can be classified into four kinds. The first is the original sin. This sin originated with the spiritual and physical fall of our first human…

The Origin of Sin

• ¶ 21The original sin completely distorted the growth of the tree. Thus, the original sin is the root of all sins and evils and caused the spiritual…
• ¶ 6…original sin has never been exposed, though its evil effects have been universally inherited. None of us has been able to free ourselves from this sin…
• ¶ 4There are two kinds of sin. The first is the personal sin that each one commits in their lifetime. The second is the original sin, by…

Inherited Sin and Karma

• ¶ 51Original sin, personal sin, collective sin, and hereditary sin inherited from our ancestral line—we should cleanse all sin before we pass on to the spirit…
• ¶ 29Human beings throughout history have committed innumerable sins. First, there was the Original Sin committed by Adam and Eve… it is like the root. Even…

The Root of Sin

• ¶ 3…helps us recognize that the root of human sin stems from sexual immorality. We know that the original sin has been perpetuated through lineal descent from…

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Diverse Interpretations Of Sin

• ¶ 123) There is no value in the church's teaching about original sin, total depravity, and fallen nature because these notions are based upon ancient Hebrew…
• ¶ 14…the original human beings lived in a state of Paradisical innocence and bliss from which they fell. For many modern men, the doctrines of original sin…
• ¶ 6If sin refers to man's fallen nature, this is contrasted with man's original nature and his redeemed nature. Or if sin means infidelity, then…

Is Jesus God?

No — according to the Divine Principle, Jesus is not God Himself. He is the only-begotten Son of God: a perfected human being, born without original sin , who stands in complete oneness with God in heart, love, and purpose, yet…

Hamartiology

• ¶ 38Original sin is an unbelievable concept, and inherited guilt deprives man of personal responsibility. That we should be damned by God because of Adam's act…
• ¶ 78Original sin is not inherited, but primordial. It is an inevitable and all-pervasive fact of human nature. Since each of us is his Adam, each…
• ¶ 87Original sin is related to pride, rebellion, concupiscence, disobedience, immaturity, and ignorance, as others teach. However, we must first understand what happened to the primal couple…

Why does God allow suffering?

The Divine Principle teaches that suffering was not part of God's original creation but entered human history through the Fall — the misuse of human freedom by the first ancestors.

Responsibilities of Blessed Families

• ¶ 1…completion stage. What this means is that people at the top of the growth stage can rid themselves of original sin through the Blessing. They can…
• ¶ 29Your sexual organ is the original palace of love. I’m telling you that your sexual organ is the main palace, the palace of life and…
• ¶ 21…earth and in the spirit world. Since this is the origin of love, it is called the original palace of love. Among the many royal palaces…

True Parents' Love

• ¶ 30…who can give birth to humankind. Otherwise, people cannot rise to the point of having no connection to the original sin. (22-269, 05/04/1969)
• ¶ 35…physical.Our blessed children born will thus go to the Kingdom of Heaven without going through the process of salvation because they have no original sin…

Resurrection

• ¶ 45Only through the Blessing can children have no original sin. But the same effort has to be given after the Blessing. There has to be a…

The Internal Significance of the Fall

• ¶ 1Having closely investigated the historical details of the original sin and the Fall has revealed the illicit love relationship that took place between the archangel and…
• ¶ 73…and our original father were driven out. Satan intervened and human beings came to be in this miserable state. It was no other sin than this…

The Foundation for the Messiah

• ¶ 1…the original sin by giving rebirth to humanity, born of fallen parents (cf. Christology 4.1.1). For fallen people to be restored to their original…
• ¶ 16…condition to remove the fallen nature.When the first human ancestors fell and acquired the original sin, they could not realize their God-given original nature.
• ¶ 14…first ancestors failed to attain. Becoming perfect incarnations requires that first we be cleansed of the original sin through the Messiah. Before we can receive the…

True Parents, Rebirth, and Transformation of the Lineage

• ¶ 1True Parents are the ancestors without original sin
• ¶ 73…the blood that was defiled through the Fall. In other words, it is a ceremony that draws out the original sin. (35-215, 10/19/1970)
• ¶ 20…give rebirth to humanity in the position of true parents. Otherwise, humankind can never escape the connection with the original sin. (22-269, 05/04/1969)

The Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

• ¶ 18…of life. By engrafting all humankind with himself once more, he is to redeem their original sin. Christians thus impatiently await the tree of life, which…
• ¶ 17…even the most devout Christian parents still inherit sin, which must be redeemed. Even the most faithful saints have not been rid of the original sin…
• ¶ 4…is beset by the original sin, which has been inherited from our first ancestors. Yet how can something one eats cause a sin which can be…

The Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was Eve's Sexual Organ

• ¶ 10Could the original sin appear through eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Even if a father ate the fruit…

Was Salvation Completed through the Cross?

• ¶ 10…is true that the cross has redeemed our sins; yet it is equally true that the cross has not entirely purged us of our original sin…
• ¶ 6It teaches us that the grace of redemption by the cross has neither fully uprooted our original sin nor perfectly restored our original nature.
• ¶ 4…the original sin, who could enter God’s Kingdom without the grace of redemption by the Savior. Christian parents continue to transmit the original sin to…