The Effects of Original Sin
Objective
I can explain the effects of Original Sin
Original Justice
Activity 1: Circle Map on Adam and Eve Before theFall of Man
Brainstorm with a neighbor a list of characteristics of Adam and Eve’s existence before the Original Sin [or before the Fall].
Activity 2: Original Justice
Handout and then compare the Original Justice to the Circle Map. What was similar? What were you missing?
Original Justice.pdfOriginal Sin
Activity 2: Original Sin
Read the excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church regarding Original Sin and answer the accompanying focus questions.
Original Sin.pdfThe Protoevangelium
will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; They will strike at your head, while you strike at their heel.
Genesis 3:15
The Church calls this passage the Protoevangelium, which means, “the first Gospel.” In this passage, which is part of God’s speaking to the serpent after his temptation of Adam and Eve, we understand God to be promising us salvation from sin.
Discussion Questions
The word enmity means “hatred.” How do we see hatred between the descendants of the woman and the descendants of the serpent?
How can we understand the prophecy by God that a descendant of the woman (specifically, Jesus) will crush the head of the serpent, as a promise of salvation?