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<!---mainly in the Western Church and it defines the doctrine that the "first" sin was committed by [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] (see [[Book of Genesis]] Chapter 3) and that while everyone bears the consequences of the first sin, the foremost of which is physical death (in this world), ''only'' Adam and Eve are guilty of that sin (see [[Book of Ezekiel]] Chapter 18). The origins of this teaching lend themselves to [[Augustine of Hippo]] who based it on Romans 5:12. In the [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox church]] the term '''[[Ancestral Sin]]''' (Gr. προπατορικό αμάρτημα) is used to define the doctrine of man's "inclanation towards sin, a heritage from the sin of our progenitors" and that this is removed through [[baptism]].==Discussion==
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==Orthodox Interpretations==
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The term '''Original Sin''' (or ''first sin'') is used among all Christian groups to define the doctrine surrounding Romans 5:12-21 and 1 corinthians 15:22, in which Adam is identified as the man whom through death came into the world. It has mainly been adopted by How this is interpreted is a fundamental difference between the Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox church and the Western Church who's catechism is that . In the [[AdamOrthodoxy|Orthodox church]] and the term '''[[EveAncestral Sin]] committed a ''peronsal sin'' (Gr. προπατορικό αμάρτημα) is preferred and that the term is only used in an analogical sense to describe define the doctrine of man's "inclanation towards sin, a heritage from the sin of our progenitors" as contracted and not committedthat this is removed through [[baptism]].
In contrast to Jewish exegesis of Genesis, Christianity has a Christological reading. We understand the depth of the Fall in the light of redemption. It is in the contrast of the old and new Adams that we understand what the significance of original sin has been.
