Sentences with phrase «defined by original sin»

Christians whose anthropology is defined by Original Sin rather than Original Blessing will always have a pessimistic view of people and life in general.

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Most Western Christians, especially fundamentalists, define what it means to be human by the Original Sin, not the Original Blessing — which is not only unbiblical, but puts the emphasis on the human rather than Divine action.

Similarly, the doctrine of Original Sin being passed on by physical generation, hence that we are all descended from the first humans who fell from grace, is indeed defined de Fide.