Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?

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Question 16
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Westminster Shorter Catechism

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?

Questions
Question 16

Question

Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?

Answer

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

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