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 Corinthians 15:22, in which Adam is identified as the man whom through death came into the world. How this is interpreted is a fundamental difference between the Eastern Orthodox church and the Western Church. In the [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox church]] the term '''[[Ancestral Sin]]''' (Gr. προπατορικό αμάρτημα) is preferred and is used to define the doctrine of man's "inclanation inclination towards sin, a heritage from the sin of our progenitors" and that this is removed through [[baptism]]. St. [[Gregory Palamas]] taight that man's image was tarnished, disfigured, as a consequence of Adam's disobedience.