The Roman Catholic View of Man’s Sin | Rapp Report Daily 0088 | Striving for Eternity

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The Roman Catholic View of Original Sin and a Wounded Human Nature

When we look at the view that the Roman Catholic Church has toward man's sinfulness, well, first off, we're going to see one thing. They do argue for original sin, except for Mary, of course, because they say she never sinned, something only God can do and would make Scripture kind of a liar, because it says all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Mary's not God. She's human. But that part aside, what they believe is that the human nature is wounded. It's a wounded nature or has a weakness towards sin. And they end up teaching that the human nature is not totally corrupt.

Catholic Teaching on Baptism and Free Will

It's just wounded. You can look that up in the Catholic Catechism, paragraph 405. You end up seeing that this view of a wounded nature comes into play with their view of free will. This becomes a major issue because they believe after baptism, baptism washing away original sin, but after baptism, people have a free will to choose what is good and godly and earning of salvation.

We're going to look at that tomorrow. But the fact is that essential to their doctrine is the idea that human beings have a free will. Now, we believe that the human beings have a will. The question is, is it free or is it enslaved to sin?

Human Will, Bondage to Sin, and Catholic Authority

The Bible says that the human will is enslaved to sin until salvation. Catholic Church says otherwise. Remember, they say they're the authority over the Bible.

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