IAR 4.5
Irish Articles of Religion
4.5. Of the Fall of Man, Original Sin, and the State of Man before Justification
By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death went over all men, forasmuch as all have sinned.
Proof texts
- Rom. 5:12 — [12] Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned —
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Rom. 5:12 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
- WCF 6.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- SC60 2.2 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?