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original pollution

Also known as Inherited sinful nature · Inherited corruption

The corrupted moral nature passed from Adam to all his descendants; also known as inherited sinful nature.

Filed underAnthropology & Hamartiology

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Another term for our inherited sinful nature (see 'inherited corruption'). The corrupted moral nature passed down from Adam to all his descendants.

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  1. 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 24COriginal citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 24C.

Last revised August 14, 2026