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"It is mortal to be able to be called "theory (Ûö : law)"." - Diamond
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> Calvinism Refuted Total hereditary depravity (or Inherited Sin) ,
> COMPLETE READING : http://www.bible.ca/cal-T-creeds.htm
> As defined by these official denominational creeds
> Webster Dictionary:
> "the utter depravity of man which Calvinists regard as due to original
sin
> and as persisting until regeneration through the Spirit of God."
>
> John Calvin, the father of Calvinism said:
>
> "there are babies a span long in hell." (meaning there are almost no
newborn
> children in heaven.)
>
> Summary of Christian Doctrine, by Louis Berkhof, pg. 76
> "(1) Original sin. This includes both guilt and pollution. The guilt of
> Adam's sin is imputed to us. Because he sinned as our representative, we
are
> guilty in him. Moreover, we also inherit his pollution, and now have a
> positive disposition toward sin. Man is by nature totally depraved."
>
> The Five Points of Calvinism, by Edwin H. Palmer, pg. 122
> (He quotes from The Belgic Confession of Faith Article XV)
> "We believe that through the disobedience of Adam original sin is
extended
> to all mankind; which is a corruption of the whole nature and a
hereditary
> disease, wherewith even infants in their mother's womb are infected, and
> which produces in man all sorts of sin, being in him as a root thereof,
and
> therefore is so vile and abominable in the sight of God that it is
> sufficient to condemn all mankind."
>
> Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology:
> "8. _The Effects of Adam's Sin upon his Posterity. " That the sin of
Adam
> injured not himself only but also all descending from him by ordinary
> generation, is part of the faith of the whole Christian world."..."As to
the
> ground of these evils, we are taught that 'the covenant being made with
Adam
> not only for himself, but for his posterity, all mankind descending from
him
> by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first
> transgression.' Or, as is expressed in the Confession, 'Our first
parents,
> being the root of all mankind, the guilt of their sin was imputed, and
the
> same death in sin and corrupted nature were conveyed to all their
posterity,
> descending from them by ordinary generation." (Vol. II, Part
> II-Anthropology)
>
> Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion:
> Book II, Chap. I: 8: "But lest the thing itself of which we speak be
unknown
> or doubtful, it will be proper to define original sin (Calvin, in Conc.
> Trident. I., Dec. Sess. v.). I have no intention, however, to discuss
all
> the definitions which different writers have adopted, but only to adduce
the
> one which seems to me most accordant with truth. Original sin, then, may
be
> defined a hereditary corruption and depravity of our nature, extending
to
> all parts of the soul, which first makes us obnoxious to the wrath of
God,
> and then produces in us works which in Scripture are termed works of the
> flesh. This corruption is repeatedly designated by Paul by the term sin
> (Gal. v.19)...."
>
> The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, by Loraine Boettner, pg. 77
> "Adam was made not only the father but also the representative of the
whole
> human race. And if we fully understood the closeness of the relation
between
> him and them we would fully realize the justice of the transmission of
his
> sin to them."
>
> Presbyterian:
> Confession of Faith: "Our first parents, being seduced by the subtlety
and
> temptation of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their
sin,
> God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel, to permit,
having
> purposed to order it to his own glory. By this sin they fell from their
> original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in
sin,
> and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of the soul and body.
They
> being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed and the
> same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity
> descending from them by ordinary generation. From this original
corruption,
> whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all
good,
> and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions."
>
> Roman Catholic:
> Council of Trent 1545-1563: "Adam's first sin has been transmitted to
all
> his descendants". Questions of Catholics Answered by W. Hebst: "Yes,
every
> child born into this world has the guilt of original sin upon his soul.
> Original sin is the sin that we inherit from our first parents. Original
sin
> excludes us from heaven unless forgiven. It is forgiven only by baptism,
> hence when an unbaptized baby dies, it can not enter the kingdom of
God."
>
> Lutheran:
> Augsburg confession Article 2: "It is also taught among us that since
the
> fall of Adam all men who are born according to the course of nature are
> conceived and born in sin. That is, all men are full of evil lust and
> inclination from their mother's womb and are unable by nature to have
true
> fear of God and true faith in God. Moreover, this inborn sickness and
> hereditary sin is truly sin and condemns to the eternal wrath of God all
> whose who are not born again through baptism and the Holy Spirit."
>
> Methodist:
> Methodist Discipline: (Since) "infants are guilty of original sin, then
they
> are proper subjects of baptism, seeing in the ordinary way, they cannot
be
> saved unless this be washed away by baptism. It has already been proved
that
> this original sin cleaves to every child of man, and hereby they are
> children of wrath and liable to eternal damnation."
>
> Anglican:
> Common Book of Prayer, Articles of Religion IX & X: "Original sin
standeth
> not in the following of Adam, but it is the fault and corruption of the
> nature of every man, that naturally is ingendered of the offspring of
Adam;
> whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his
own
> nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to
the
> spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth
> God's wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea
in
> them that are regenerated; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in the
> Greek... which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the
> affection, some the desire, of the flesh, is not subject to the Law of
God.
> And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are
> baptized, yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath
of
> itself the nature of sin." "The condition of man after the fall of Adam
is
> such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural
strength
> and good works, to faith, and calling upon God: Wherefore we have no
power
> to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of
God
by
> Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us,
> when we have that good will."
>
> Church of the Nazarene:
> Manual, Article 5: "We believe that sin came into the world through the
> disobedience of our first parents, and death by sin. We believe that sin
is
> of two kinds: original sin or depravity, and actual or personal sin. We
> believe that original sin, or depravity, is that corruption of the
nature
of
> all the offspring of Adam by reason of which everyone is very far gone
from
> the original righteousness or the pure state of our first parents at the
> time of their creation, is averse to God, is without spiritual life, and
> inclined to evil, and that continually. We further believe that original
sin
> continues to exist with the new life of the regenerate, until eradicated
by
> the baptism with the Holy Spirit. We believe that original sin differs
from
> actual sin in that it constitutes an inherited propensity to actual sin
for
> which no one is accountable until its divinely provided remedy is
neglected
> or rejected."
>
> Christian and Missionary Alliance:
> Manual, Statement of faith Article III # 5: "Man was Originally created
in
> the image and likeness of God; he fell through disobedience, incurring
> thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a
sinful
> nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only
through
> the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
>
> Pentecostal:
> Statement of Fundamental and Essential Truths: Article IV: "Man was
> Originally created in the image and likeness of God. He fell through
sin,
> and as a consequence, incurred both spiritual and physical death.
Spiritual
> death and the depravity of human nature have been transmitted to the
entire
> human race with the exception of the Man Jesus. Man can be saved only
> through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
>
> Baptist:
> Philadelphia Confession of Faith: "Our first parents by this sin fell
from
> their original righteousness and communion with God, and we in them,
whereby
> death came upon all, all becoming dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all
the
> faculties and parts of the souls and body. The guilt of sin was imputed
(and
> corrupt nature conveyed) to all their posterity descending from them by
> ordinary generation, being now conceived in sin, the subjects of death
and
> all other spiritual miseries, temporal and eternal, unless the Lord
Jesus
> set them free. From the original corruption-whereby we are utterly
> indisposed disabled, and made opposite to all good and wholly inclined
to
> all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions."
>
> Associated Gospel Churches "AGC"
> Articles of Faith and Doctrine V & VI: "We believe that man, originally
> created in the image and after the likeness of God, fell from his high
and
> holy estate through disobedience, by eating the forbidden fruit, and in
> consequence, the threatened penalty of death was then and there
inflicted,
> so that he totally lost all spiritual life, becoming dead in trespasses
and
> sins, and subject to the power of the devil." "We believe that this
> spiritual death, or total corruption of human nature, has been
transmitted
> to the entire race of man, the man Christ Jesus alone excepted, and
hence
> that every child of Adam is born into the world with a sinful nature."
>
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