Unit 3: Hamartiology Flashcards
Area of Christian theology that studies the origin, nature and effects of sin on humanity and the created order
Hamartiology
Study of human origin
Anthropology
Sin, an act of wrongdoing, guilt
Harmatia
Explain the biblical teaching of the origin of sin
Sin did not originate with God
Humans are finite but created good
What are the 3 views of Adam?
- Legend/saga/myth
- Representative couple
- Historical individual (YEC/OEC)
“Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.”
Romana 5:18-19
Romans 5:18-19
“Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.”
Romans 5:18-19 NIV
https://www.bible.com/111/rom.5.18-19.ni
What is original sin?
Inherited. Adam passed it to all of humanity, all people are born into sin
3 views of original sin
Pelagianism
Arminianism
Reformed
View of original sin
Deny original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will
Pelagianism
View on original sin
Affirms original sin and total depravity
Arminianism
View on original sin:
Free choice that man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. By temptation of Satan
Reformed
Does not mean that person is as evil as the could be or that a person commits every form of sin possible. Instead, sin effects every part of being: emotional, intelligence and will, and that our faculties are disordered and compromised. Human choose self to God. Humans are incapable of saving themselves
Total depravity
Who hold to original sin?
Catholics and Protestant
What are the 3 kinds of death
Physical
Spiritual
Eternal