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<p><p>essayist And Biographer Alan Jacobs Introduces Us To The World Of Original Sin, Which He Describes As Not Only A Profound Idea But A Necessary One. As G. K. Chesterton Explains, Only With Original Sin Can We At Once Pity The Beggar And Distrust The King.</p> <p>do We Arrive In This World Predisposed To Evil? St. Augustine Passionately Argued That We Do; His Opponents Thought The Notion Was An Insult To A Good God. Ever Since Augustine, The Church Has Taught The Doctrine Of Original Sin, Which Is The Idea That We Are Not Born Innocent, But As Babes We Are Corrupt, Guilty, And Worthy Of Condemnation. Thus Started A Debate That Has Raged For Centuries And Done Much To Shape Western Civilization.</p> <p>perhaps No Christian Doctrine Is More Controversial; Perhaps None Is More Consequential. Blaise Pascal Claimed That But For This Mystery, The Most Incomprehensible Of All, We Remain Incomprehensible To Ourselves. Chesterton Affirmed It As The Only Provable Christian Doctrine. Modern Scholars Assail The Idea As Baleful And Pernicious. But Whether Or Not We Believe In Original Sin, The Idea Has Shaped Our Most Fundamental Institutions Our Political Structures, How We Teach And Raise

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Author

Jacobs, Alan

Publisher

HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060783402

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Christian, Social Science

Rating

3.72 / 5 (174 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14