original sin

Since humanity came into being, man hath enjoyed himself too little: that alone, my brethren, is our original sin!

Lynde says I'm full of original sin. No matter how hard I try to be good I can never make such a success of it as those who are naturally good.

The pagan in her, original sin, and all nature urged her on.

Talk of Original Sin!" he went on with increasing bitterness.

It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, history would have been different."

It's the natural, original sin that is born in him that makes him do things like that.

Nevertheless, granting the original sin of the situation, and given this unforeseen development, even I failed to see how Raffles could have combined greater humanity with any regard for our joint safety; and had his barbarities ended here, I for one should not have considered them an extraordinary aggravation of an otherwise minor offence.

Our young people are diseased with the theological problems of original sin, origin of evil, predestination and the like.

Finally, Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, came up with a solution: he called sex original sin.

Pope Pius IX stated with finality that the Blessed Mother was conceived free from original sin because she was destined to be Mother of God.

8, 1854 which affirmed the belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary, "in the first instance of her conception, was, by a unique grace and privilege by the Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin."

The President also refuted the concept of original sin, which came about because, as related in the Bible, Adam and Eve were banished from Eden for disobeying God.