"After original sin, human nature with its powers as derived from Adam is now just itself. It's left to itself. We're all on our own." -T.C. O’Brien Original sin leaves us to our own devices. It is not a direct inclination to evil—it simply leaves us to ourselves, which we were never meant to be. We now need grace, not only to be united to God, but to become truly human once again.
06 June 2022
Original Sin
Lesson Nine in Principles of the Moral Life, with Fr Thomas Petri, OP, BA, STB, STL, STD, Assistant Professor of Moral Theology and Pastoral Studies and President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.
"After original sin, human nature with its powers as derived from Adam is now just itself. It's left to itself. We're all on our own." -T.C. O’Brien Original sin leaves us to our own devices. It is not a direct inclination to evil—it simply leaves us to ourselves, which we were never meant to be. We now need grace, not only to be united to God, but to become truly human once again.
"After original sin, human nature with its powers as derived from Adam is now just itself. It's left to itself. We're all on our own." -T.C. O’Brien Original sin leaves us to our own devices. It is not a direct inclination to evil—it simply leaves us to ourselves, which we were never meant to be. We now need grace, not only to be united to God, but to become truly human once again.
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