Original Sin and the Fall: Five Views (Biblia.com)

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Throughout the church’s history, Christians have largely agreed that God’s good creation of humanity was marred by humanity’s sinful rebellion, resulting in our separation from God and requiring divine intervention in the saving work of Christ. But Christians have disagreed over many particular questions surrounding humanity’s fall, including the extent of original sin, the nature of the fall,...

with the Western church, Wesley affirmed total depravity, but with the Eastern church he spoke of sin as a disease (and, thus, of the therapeutic character of salvation [θεραπεία ψυχῆς, therapeia psychēs]). For example, in his sermon “Original Sin,” we read, Keep to the plain, old “faith, once delivered to the saints,” and delivered by the Spirit of God to your hearts. Know your disease! Know your cure! Ye were born in sin; therefore “ye must be born again,” “born of God.” By nature ye are wholly

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