Did all mankind fall in that first transgression?

Westminster Larger Catechism

Did all mankind fall in that first transgression?

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Question 22
Westminster Larger Catechism
Westminster Larger Catechism

Westminster Larger Catechism

Did all mankind fall in that first transgression?

Questions
Question 22

Question

Did all mankind fall in that first transgression?

Answer

The covenant being made with Adam as a public person, not for himself only, but for his posterity, all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation,[1] sinned in him, and fell with him in that first transgression.[2]

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