mortal sin

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Was it decided by one of the ecumenical councils that original sin was not a biological thing? I know we inherit it. What is it then?

 

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Was it decided by one of the ecumenical councils that original sin was not a biological thing? I know we inherit it. What is it then?

Death of the of the Soul…privation/loss of sanctifying grace…which also results in death of the body because of sin being introduced into Man and the world.

Meanig

Original sin may be taken to mean: (1)** the sin that Adam committed;** (2) a consequence of this first sin, the hereditary stain with which we are born on account of our origin or descent from Adam.

Nature of original sin

This is a difficult point and many systems have been invented to explain it: it will suffice to give the theological explanation now commonly received.** Original sin is the privation of sanctifying grace in consequence of the sin of Adam**. This solution, which is that of St. Thomas, goes back to St. Anselm and even to the traditions of the early Church, as we see by the declaration of the Second Council of Orange (A.D. 529): one man has transmitted to the whole human race not only the death of the body, which is the punishment of sin, but even sin itself, which is the death of the soul [Denz., n. 175 (145)]. As death is the privation of the principle of life, the death of the soul is the privation of sanctifying grace which according to all theologians is the principle of supernatural life. Therefore, if original sin is “the death of the soul”, it is the privation of sanctifying grace.

newadvent.org/cathen/11312a.htm

Pax Christi

 

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vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1C.HTM

The council of trent decided on original sin. The catechism on original sin…scroll down