The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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cry of Revelation 18.<br />
2. What is "original sin"?Is it a Seventh-day<br />
Adventist doctrine?<br />
<strong>The</strong> term does not appear in the Bible, nor as a<br />
theological concept in the writings of Ellen White.<br />
A simple definition is as follows:<br />
ORIGINAL SIN. <strong>The</strong>ological term for man's<br />
congenital depravity, inherited or acquired from<br />
Adam's disobedience in the garden of Eden. Thus,<br />
original sin differs from specific acts of sin, which<br />
may result from this depraved condition (Donald T.<br />
Kauffman, <strong>The</strong> Dictionary of Religious Terms, p.<br />
341).<br />
<strong>The</strong> idea is that every baby (Christ exempted)<br />
has been conceived actually a sinner and<br />
automatically guilty of Adam's sin genetically<br />
inherited. Infant baptism is derived from the<br />
doctrine. <strong>The</strong> idea was chiefly developed by<br />
Augustine (354-450 A.D.) and through unfortunate<br />
circumstances adopted by "orthodox" Christianity<br />
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