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“One human nature is common to all the descendants of Adam, and it is, for all men, guilty and polluted”

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Dutch theologian and a significant representative of Reformed theology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bavinck's works have widely influenced theological thought in the 20th century. more

“In this simple but profound psychological way Scripture tells the history of the fall and of the origin of sin. In this way sin continues still to come into being. It begins with the darkening of the understanding, continues with the excitement of the imagination, stimulates desire in the heart, and culminates in an act of the will”

Way Heart Stills Desire Fall Understanding Imagination Sin Simple Profound Scripture Psychological Excitement Darkening

Author:Herman Bavinck

“We can shed some light on the possibility of the fall, but the transition to the actuality of it remains shrouded in darkness. Scripture makes not so much a single effort to render this transition understandable”

Light Fall Sin Effort Darkness Possibility Remains Scripture Transition Shed Actuality

Author:Herman Bavinck

“The devil's characteristic has been to originate sin and tempt others to sin”

Has Beens Sin Devil Characteristics

Book:Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

Source: Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

“Satan was the originator of sin”

Sin Satan

Author:Wayne Grudem

“Sin is any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature”

Law Sin Attitude Moral Conform Moral Law

Book:Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

Source: Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

“It is important to insist on the historical truthfulness of the narrative of the fall of Adam and Eve. Just as the account of the creation of Adam and Eve is tied in with the rest of the historical narrative in the book of Genesis, so also this account of the fall of man, which follows the history of man's creation, is presented by the author as straightforward, narrative history”

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Book:Sin and Atonement: A Zondervan Digital Short

Source: Sin and Atonement: A Zondervan Digital Short

“Guilt was imputed and corruption was conveyed”

Sin Guilt Corruption

Author:Gordon Clark

“We are not guilty because we are depraved; we are depraved because we are guilty”

Sin Guilt Guilty Wicked Theologian Wickedness Depravity Depraved Not Guilty

Author:Gordon Clark

“As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to deny it in the other; for the two are inseparably united in the representations of Scripture”

Two Christ Sin United Principles Cases Deny Saved Scripture Adam Representation

Book:Systematic Theology

Source: Systematic Theology

“In every system of theology, therefore, there is a chapter De libero arbitrio. This is a question which every theologian finds in his path, and which he must dispose of; and on the manner in which it is determined depends his theology, and of course his religion, so far as his theology is to him a truth and reality”

Reality Courses Sin Path Depends Determined Theology Chapters Theologian Truth And Reality

Book:Systematic Theology

Source: Systematic Theology

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