Corruption Quote by John Calvin

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Original sin, the true original sin, is the blind destruction for the sake of greed of this natural paradise which lies all around us-if…

— Edward Abbey

We are all afflicted by original sin; people succumbing to temptations to do and to be.

— Desmond Tutu

“It is not possible to understand original sin without reference to the fullness of givenness – that is, love. Original sin is a refusal…

— Pope Saint John Paul II

Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate…

— Pope John Paul II

If everything that is happening in the world is traceable to our inability to understand what is happening in the world. If there is…

— Gerald Hausman

“But what, then, is original sin? According to the Apostle it is not only the lack of a good quality in the will, nor…

— Martin Luther

“Sin is misery, because it’s the perversion of our natures away from God. Sin deforms human life, which always leads to suffering. We cannot…

— John Webster

There is no original sin. It's all been done before.

— Louis Dudek

Sin leads to wickedness and to hearts that become hardened to things of the Spirit.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Sin is the ruin and misery of the soul; it is destructive in its nature; and if God should leave it without restraint, there…

— Jonathan Edwards

“One of the effects of original sin is an instinctive prejudice in favour of our own selfish desires. We see things as they are…

— Thomas Merton