What were the effects of original sin?

Answer 1

A:A notion of original sin had received little attention in the Church until Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) introduced the concept to the western half of the Christian Church. It was never accepted in the Greek-speaking east and has been largely abandoned by many of the Protestant Churches. Augustine said that original sin resulted directly from the disobedience of Adam and Eve, and believed that it could only be removed by baptism, so without baptism, souls could not go to heaven. On this view, baptised Christians are no longer affected by original sin, but unbaptised persons are and, because of the sin committed by Adam and Eve, will be denied entry into heaven.

Cardinal George Pell recently stated that the story of Adam and Eve is a myth, describing it as a religious story told for religious purposes. Without their existence, it will be hard to sustain the belief that Christians are born with original sin as a consequence of the sin of Adam and Eve, or that without baptism all are condemned to hell. It is too early to predict that the Church will soon abandon the doctrine of original sin, yet Adam and Eve can no longer be blamed for the existence of original sin.

Roman Catholic AnswerOriginal sin consists in the deprivation of grace caused by the fee act of sin committed by the head of the race. (Sent. communis which is doctrine, which in itself belongs to the field of the free opinions, but which is accepted by theologians generally.

Original sin is transmitted by natural generation. (De fide)

In the state of original sin man is deprived of sanctifying grace and all that this implies, as well as of the preternatural gifts of integrity. (De Fide in regard to Sanctifying Grace and the Donum Immortalitatis.

Finally, Souls who depart this life in the state of original sin are excluded from the Beatific Vision of God. (De Fide).

De Fide means that the belief is of the highest degree of theological certainty as revealed by God, or God acting through the Church.

Answer 2

Original Sin weakened human

nature and brought ignorance, suffering, and

death into the world. This wounded human

nature was passed on to the rest of humanity.