Total depravity

Total depravity (also called total inability and total corruption) is a theological doctrine that derives from the Augustinian doctrine of original sin and is advocated in many Protestant confessions of faith and catechisms, including those of Lutheranism,1, Anglicanism and Methodism,2, and especially Calvinism.3 The doctrine interprets the Bible as teaching that, as a consequence of the Fall of man, every person born into the world is enslaved to the service of sin and, apart from the grace of God, is utterly unable to choose to follow God or choose to accept salvation as it is freely offered.

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Theological - Doctrine - Augustinian - Original sin - Lutheranism - 1 - Anglicanism - Methodism - Calvinism - Bible - Fall of man - Sin - God - Salvation

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