Hello and welcome. In this article, we'll be examining early Christian prooftexts given in historical support for the doctrine of original sin. The purpose here won't be to track the historical development of the doctrine. Instead, we'll be focused on prooftexts that we actually don't believe are best interpreted as promoting and confirming the distinctions of original sin. The view we hold concerning the fall and its consequences is called ancestral sin. To get a complete picture and fully grasp this doctrine and why we affirm it, start here with our article on ancestral sin. We highly recommend that you read that article first to be grounded in the sure foundation of Scripture. Additionally, we recommend you look over our article highlighting articulations of ancestral sin in early Christianity.
