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The Fall and Original Sin: An Orthodox View
Belief in the Fall is something shared by all Christians. Original sin is a Western coinage; the nearest Orthodox equivalent is ‘ancestral sin’ (τὸ προπατερικὸν ἁμάρτημα). What is the difference? Original sin is thought of, since Augustine, as some kind of inherited taint; ancestral sin is rather recognition that the damaged state of the world and society cannot be simply put down to our personal sins — we live in a world already damaged by the accumulated sin of the past.
Date:
7 February 2018, 16:00
Venue:
Pusey House
Venue Details:
3:30pm Tea and Coffee, Hood Room. 4pm Lecture, Ursell Room
Speaker:
Andrew Louth (Durham University )
Organising department:
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Part of:
Pusey House Recollection Lectures Hilary 2018
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Andreia Gomes Da Costa Leite
