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The Third and Fourth Main Points of Doctrine

Human Corruption, Conversion to God, and the Way It Occurs

Rejection of the Errors

Having set forth the orthodox teaching, the Synod rejects the errors of those

1. Who teach that, properly speaking, it cannot be said that original sin in itself is enough to condemn the whole human race or to warrant temporal and eternal punishments.

For they contradict the apostle when he says: “Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death passed on to all men because all sinned” (Rom. 5:12); also: “The guilt followed one sin and brought condemnation” (Rom. 5:16); likewise: “The wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23).