Those who reject original sin

Illuminated parchment, Spain, circa AD 950-955, depicting the Fall of Man, cause of original sin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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In progressive Catholic circles, the tendency is to deny its reality, or to treat it on a par with a "myth." The Council did not refer to it, but Paul VI explained why. The latest developments of the dispute 

 the 1992 Catechism of the Catholic Church speaks of "the reality of sin and particularly of the sin committed at mankind's origins" (par. 387). And it reiterates: "Adam and Eve transmitted to their descendants human nature wounded by their own first sin and hence deprived of original holiness and justice; this deprivation is called 'original sin'" (par. 417).

The 1992 catechism is a fruit of the pontificate of John Paul II. It emerged from the request made by the fathers who participated in the 1985 Synod of Bishops, dedicated precisely to Vatican Council II, and was compiled under the leadership of a commission headed by then-cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

But on the doctrine of original sin, in spite of the objection of La Valle, the catechism

English: picture of pope paul VI Español: fotografia del papa pablo VI (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 does not rely exclusively on the preconciliar magisterium. The dogma of original sin, in fact, is recalled in one of the most solemn acts promulgated by Paul VI, the "Credo of the People of God," in the compilation of which a role by no means secondary was played by a figure like that of Jacques Maritain:

 

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