What About Original Sin?

In this episode we take a look at the term "original sin," which has long been dominated by a single perspective stretching back to the early 400's A.D. Essentially, what most people understand about this concept upon any base-level study, is that it has its origins in an argument between a man named Augustine and another named Pelagius. Eventually, Augustine won the debate via support from the organized church at the time as well as a few other early church fathers. However, while most have considered this debate to be a closed case and the term "original sin" to reflect the Augustinian view adopted by the Roman Catholic Church, the study and discussion on the topic of sin and the nature of mankind has carried on into the modern time and many views have sprung up.

The effect of this is that many people in the modern world continue to use the term "original sin" but mean very different things when they say it. This, along with the fact that the vast majority of people believe they understand what one means when they say "original sin" (the Augustinian/Roman Catholic view), results in a lot of miscommunication and disagreement.

Any time a discussion happens, terminology is extremely important as can be seen in this ongoing debate on what exactly original sin is.

 

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