Sin and Original Sin Typeit

Within Christianity, is breaking the law of God. This is a code of what it is and what it isn’t correct to do. The Old Testament contains many rules about what the people of God should and shouldn’t do – a good example of this is the , which can be found in Exodus 20. These are still followed by Jews today and are known as the Mitzvot. Breaking these rules is considered to be sin, the idea of which has its roots in the book of in the Old Testament. This tells the story of and Eve. Genesis describes how they lived in the Garden of Eden, and how they chose to disobey the rule God has set for them. They were able to eat from any of the fruit made in the garden, apart from the fruit from the . Despite this rule, and Eve both ate this fruit, following temptation by a . Therefore, sin entered the world. As a result of this choice, all humans are born with the predisposition to stray from God's will. This is known as the inheritance of Sin. This idea is usually associated with Saint , whose work on is influential in Christian thought historically, and continues to be to this day.