Difference between Ancestral Sin and Original Sin?

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• ReturnOrthodoxy

  January 2013

  
• Theophilus 1

  January 2013

  Hey Christianos,
  
  To put it very simply Ancestral Sin is the Orthodox terminology to what what Wester Christianity's refer to as Original Sin. Ancestral Sin, as the term indicates, is the sin committed by our ancestors Adam & Eve. According to the Orthodox Teaching we live in a fallen world where it is easier to sin as a result of our Ancestors (hence we “suffer the consequence of their sin”) but we are not guilty of their sin. On the other hand Original Sin states that all of mankind has sinned through Adam & Eve (hence guilty of their sin).
  
  Here is a great article that I never tire of sharing! 
  
  
  http://www.stmaryorthodoxchurch.org/orthodoxy/articles/2004-hughes-sin.php
  
  In Christ
  Theophilus
• mabsoota

  January 2013

  wow, u summarised it in so few lines!
  awesome
  :)
• Christianos

  January 2013

  [quote author=Theophilus 1 link=topic=14195.msg162919#msg162919 date=1358878373]
  Hey Christianos,
  
  To put it very simply Ancestral Sin is the Orthodox terminology to what what Wester Christianity's refer to as Original Sin. Ancestral Sin, as the term indicates, is the sin committed by our ancestors Adam & Eve. According to the Orthodox Teaching we live in a fallen world where it is easier to sin as a result of our Ancestors (hence we “suffer the consequence of their sin”) but we are not guilty of their sin. On the other hand Original Sin states that all of mankind has sinned through Adam & Eve (hence guilty of their sin).
  
  Here is a great article that I never tire of sharing! 
  
  
  http://www.stmaryorthodoxchurch.org/orthodoxy/articles/2004-hughes-sin.php
  
  In Christ
  Theophilus
  
  
  
  Thank you. I will be sure to go through that article.