Essays on Adam and Eve

The period during which John Calvin lived and influenced his followers was 16th century France – the height of the Protestant Reformation. During this time, Martin Luther and other radical thinkers chose to break away from the Catholic Church due to differences in interpretation of Christian dogma, including the healing power of indulgences (which were believed to simply be an effective bribe for the Catholic Church to achieve absolution). Independent of the development of the Protestant Church, however, was John Calvin’s work to create a system of ideology which would be called Calvinism. Because of his radical ideas, and

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The doctrine of the original sin, that is sometimes referred to as the doctrine of the inherited sin is the explanation of the sin committed by Adam as understood in Christian circles. Augustine for instance, interprets the original sin through the account of the fall of Adam in the book of Genesis. He goes on to say that Adam was created good and given the freedom to choose to do what God had instructed him or go against it. That there were several contributing factors that led to this state among them the nature of the evil, the freedom

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