The Historic Connection between Original Sin and Infant Damnation

 

Hello and welcome. In this article, we'll be covering how affirmers of original sin's distinctions (inherited/imputed Adamic guilt) have historically viewed damnation as the default fate of infants. We'll be showing how these two doctrines have been intimately linked throughout history. We've previously addressed the question of whether inherited guilt entails infant damnation in this article. In that article, we concluded that the answer to the question is "yes". 

Ancestral Sin in the Early Anabaptists

 

Hello and welcome. In this article, we'll be looking at the historicity of ancestral sin beginning in the Reformation of the 16th century from early Anabaptists. 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 first to be grounded in the sure foundation of Scripture. Additionally, we recommend that you read our article on ancestral sin in early Christianity. That article shows the historicity of ancestral sin in the earliest centuries of Christianity. To begin, let's first define ancestral sin and highlight its distinctions between alternative views concerning the fall and its consequences.