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Original sin Moderate

Original sin has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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"

2

Adam's disobedience to God.

See Also
adam sinfulness felix culpa total depravity jansenism actual sin pelagianism disobedience
Related Terms
Antonyms
actual sin
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sin religious doctrine
Rhyming Words
sin usin hsin osin tsin asin jasin yasin nisin lysin resin basin eosin losin rosin opsin elsin unsin sasin risin
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