The fall of man, or the fall, is a term used in Christianity to describe

the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent
obedience to god to a state of guilty disobedience. Although not
named in the Bible, the doctrine of the fall comes from biblical
interpretation of Genesis chapter 3. At first, Adam and Eve lived with
God in the Garden of Eden, but the serpent tempted them into eating
the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which God had
forbidden. After doing so, they became ashamed of their nakedness
and God expelled them from the Garden to prevent them from eating
from the tree of life and becoming immortal.
For many Christian denominations, the doctrine of the fall is closely
related to that of original sin. They believe that the fall brought sin into
the world, corrupting the entire natural world, including human nature,
causing all humans to be born into original sin, a state from which they
cannot attain eternal life without the grace of God. The Eastern
Orthodox Church accepts the concept of the fall but rejects the idea
that the guilt of original sin is passed down through generations,
based in part on the passage Ezekiel 18:20 that says a son is not guilty
of the sins of his father. Calvinist Protestants believe that Jesusgave
his life as a sacrifice for the elect, so they may be redeemed from their
sin. Judaism does not have a concept of "the fall" or "original sin" and
has varying other interpretations of the Eden narrative. Lapsarianism,
the logical order of God's decrees in relation to the Fall, is the
distinction, by some Calvinists, asbeing supralapsarian (antelapsarian,
pre-lapsarian or prelapsarian, before the Fall)
or infralapsarian (sublapsarian, postlapsarian, after the Fall).The story
of the Garden of Eden and the Fall of Man represents a tradition among
the Abrahamic peoples, with a presentation more or less symbolical of
certain moral and religious truths.[1]

Catholic exegesis of Genesis 3 claims that the fall of man was a

"primeval event, a deed that took place at the beginning of the history
of man."[5] This first sin was "transmitted" by Adam and Eve to all of
their descendants as original sin, causing humans to be "subject to
ignorance, suffering and the dominion of death, and inclined to
sin." Baptism is considered to erase original sin, though the effects on
human nature remain, and for this reason the Catholic Church baptizes
even infants who have not committed any personal sin. Although the
state of corruption, inherited by humans after the primeval event of
Original Sin, is clearly called guilt or sin, it is understood as a sin
acquired by the unity of all humans in Adam rather than a personal
responsibility of humanity. Even children partake in the guilt or sin of
Adam, but not in the responsibility of original sin, as sin is always a
personal act.[6] Traditionally, the fall of Adam and Eve is said to have
brought four wounds to human nature. These are enumerated by St
Bede and others, especially St Thomas Aquinas (STh I-II q. 85, a. 3)
They are Original sin (lack of sanctifying grace and original justice),
Concupiscence (the soul's passions are no longer ordered perfectly to
the souls intellect), Physical frailty and death, and a darkened
intellect and ignorance. These negated or diminished the gifts of God
to Adam and Eve of original justice or sanctifying grace, integrity,
immortality, and infused knowledge

Eastern Orthodoxy rejects the idea that the guilt of original sin is
passed down through generations. It bases its teaching in part
on Ezekiel 18:20 that says a son is not guilty of the sins of his father.
The Church teaches that, in addition to their conscience and tendency
to do good, men and women are born with a tendency to sin due to the
fallen condition of the world. It follows Maximus the Confessor and
others in characterising the change in human nature as the
introduction of a "deliberative will" ( ) in opposition to
the "natural will" ( ) created by God which tends toward
the good. Thus, according to St Paul in his epistle to the Romans, non-
Christians can still act according to their conscience.
Orthodoxy believes that, while everyone bears the consequences of
the first sin (that is, death), only Adam and Eve are guilty of that
sin.[7] Adam's sin isn't comprehended only as disobedience to God's
commandment, but as a change in man's hierarchy of values
from theocentricism to anthropocentrism, driven by the object of his
lust, outside of God, in this case the tree which was seen to be "good
for food", and something "to be desired" (see also theosis, seeking
union with god.
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