IAR 4.6

Irish Articles of Religion

4.6. Of the Fall of Man, Original Sin, and the State of Man before Justification

Original sin standeth not in the imitation of Adam (as the Pelagians dream), but is the fault and corruption of the nature of every person that naturally is engendered and propagated from Adam: whereby it cometh to pass that man is deprived of original righteousness, and by nature is bent unto sin. And therefore, in every person born into the world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.

For discussion

  1. WCF 6.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  2. SC60 2.2 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WCF 6.1 · SC60 2.2 · SHC 2.3 · SHC 2.4