According to the Catholic Church, Does God create each new individual with original sin?
Upvote:2
You touch on one of the great difficulties that Christians have wrestled with for the entirety of Christian history. I agree with the above comments that your question could benefit from being a little more tightly focused. I will answer the first part about original sin, leaving aside for now the questions about predestination and free will. I have no shame in shying away from those topics or admitting that I'm hesitant/unqualified to deal with them.
From a Reformed perspective (you didn't specify a particular doctrinal tradition so I will answer from the one I know and adhere to), we are under the curse of original sin from the moment of conception. I would point to Psalm 51, where David says that he was "conceived in iniquity", and to Ephesians 2, where Paul refers to us as being "by nature the children of wrath".
When Adam, as the federal head of humanity, sinned, all mankind fell at that moment. (See Romans 5.) Since then, all mankind save Christ has been born in sin, with a corrupted nature inclined toward rebellion against God. This is certainly not an easy thing to grasp, and I do intend to defer on the questions it raises regarding the justice of God because I don't feel I can adequately address matters of such weighty import here. If you are more interested in the Reformed perspective, I might recommend first reading through the book of Romans, in its entirety, at least 2 or 3 times. Subsequently, you might find a Protestant study Bible or commentary on the book of Romans. I could recommend the ESV Study Bible or the Reformation Study Bible, both of which will give you a good but succinct overview of the Reformed teaching on original sin - what it is and why we believe that it makes sense.
For a Roman Catholic perspective, you might check out para. 385-409 of the CCC, and the Confessions of St. Augustine (the latter being a source that Protestants would also readily affirm). However, I'm not Roman Catholic, so another person would be better qualified to inform you on that perspective.
More post
- 📝 What does the Anglican Church teach about being born again?
- 📝 Is "Rapture" mentioned in the Book of Revelation?
- 📝 How to Choose a Doctoral Program in Theology?
- 📝 What Biblical basis supports the idea that questions and answers about Christianity could be sinful?
- 📝 A female demon name starting with the letter "S"
- 📝 Why the 70-year exile and not more?
- 📝 Was the first gospel written in Hebrew?
- 📝 Are there any major Protestant denominations that have rejected salvation by faith alone?
- 📝 Question about mortal sin and the state of grace?
- 📝 What's the Biblical basis for calling God by the name of Jesus in prayers?
- 📝 Early church fathers on Mary as mediatrix
- 📝 Do any Protestant denominations recognize Latter Day Saints as Christians?
- 📝 What does the historical evidence tell us about the pneumatological beliefs of the early Church during the first two centuries of Christianity?
- 📝 How do Aquinas and Hooker differ in their doctrine on communion?
- 📝 According to Roman Catholicism, was the 1054 excommunication of the Patriarch of Constantinople valid, in light of Leo IX's death?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for idolatry being "things" we put higher than God?
- 📝 Has any Christian philosopher ever argued that naturalism can be shown to be false?
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church interpret "you are gods" in John 10:34?
- 📝 Why does God say we shouldn't eat Crab & Pork but Jesus says that doesn't really matter
- 📝 Is being asexual considered the same as having the virtue of Chastity?
- 📝 Historicity of which Biblical characters is recognized by Archaeology/History?
- 📝 What in Christian faith lies behind subject of science?
- 📝 What does it mean to be saved by sanctification and believing the truth? 2 Thessalonians 2:13
- 📝 How do we know that Judas was a "wealthy landowner"?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church ever canonized a trans-gender person with the full knowledge of his/her true gender identity?
- 📝 Eastern Orthodoxy: what is the difference in character between each of the 8 modes?
- 📝 What does Trinitarian Protestantism understand by salvation being in the name of 'Jesus Christ of Nazareth'?
- 📝 What is the origin of 'omnipotence' as an attribute of God in the ecumenical councils and other Christian authorities?
- 📝 What is the meaning in the Bible for the "Branch"?
- 📝 What does Paul mean when he says "rather we uphold the law"
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church, Does God create each new individual with original sin?
- 📝 How does the Catholic church deal with the differences between the God described in the old and new Testaments?
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church reconcile evolution with original sin?
- 📝 What does the Catholic Church mean when it calls humans co-creators with God?
- 📝 According to Catholicism, does God create new angels?
- 📝 According to the doctrine of the LDS Church what is man's relationship with God
- 📝 What does the Catholic Church say happens on the New Earth?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church endorse the children of narcissistic parents breaking off contact with them (not necessarily permanently/forever)?
- 📝 Does the Catholic church believe that God really forgives by confession alone?
- 📝 According to Catholic teaching, what is the status of a priest who does not agree with the Church's stated teachings on h*m*sexuality and gender?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church attempt to explain scientifically any miracles associated with Jesus' time on earth?
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church, does the spiritual sense of scripture change with the times?
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church, why does God hurt others to punish David in 2 Samuel:24?
- 📝 According to authoritative Catholic exegetes, does 2 Cor. 6:14 forbid Christians from working with non-Christians in the workplace?
- 📝 According to Catholicism, does Matthew 16:18 justify that the Catholic Church is the one true church?
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church tell us to do reparation for our sins according to Church teachings?
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church is the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act an unjust law?
- 📝 What does the Catholic Church think about God being defined as "that than which nothing greater can be conceived"?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach that God requires our consent to work miracles on us?
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church, will people be able to have private conversations with God at any time in Heaven?
- 📝 According to Catholic exorcists, does the Devil hate Catholic Church prayers said in Latin?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church recommend `pestering 'God with intercessions?
- 📝 How, according to the Catholic Church, can God order genocide even though the Church has declared such a situation impossible?
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church, does God punish sinners?
- 📝 Did the Catholic Church infallibly define that we can demonstrate with certainty the existence of God with the light of natural reason only?
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church reconcile its doctrine of a divine plan with the disorder and randomness of life?
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church reconcile the holy Catholic Church with (the) Pope(s) asking for forgiveness?
- 📝 How does Catholic Church view the new school of thought on multiplication of bread by Jesus?
- 📝 According to Catholic Church, does John the Evangelist mention the same individual Jews at 8: 31 and 8:59?
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church explain the juxtaposition of two tenets of faith with two different pre-conditions at Roman 10:9?