the Fall

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The Fall is the biblical event in which the first humans disobeyed God, bringing sin and suffering into the world and altering the relationship between humanity and the divine.

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the Fall canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical event
doctrine in Christian theology
theological concept
associatedDoctrine human depravity
need for salvation
original sin
category biblical narrative
myth of origins
cause eating the forbidden fruit
centralTextReference Genesis 2
Genesis 3
coreTheme alienation from God
disobedience to God
introduction of sin
loss of innocence
suffering and death entering the world
describedIn Book of Genesis
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
hasLocation Eden
Garden of Eden
hasMainCharacters Adam
Eve
hasSymbolism awakening of moral awareness
loss of paradise
transition from obedience to rebellion
influences Christian anthropology
Christian soteriology
Western views of human nature
interpretedBy Augustine of Hippo
John Calvin
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
involves God
the serpent
involvesObject forbidden fruit
tree of the knowledge of good and evil
languageOfPrimaryText Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
religiousTradition Christianity
Islamic tradition (adapted form)
Judaism
result broken relationship between humanity and God
curse on the ground
expulsion from the Garden of Eden
introduction of moral evil
introduction of natural suffering (in many interpretations)
mortality of humans
pain in childbirth
toil for sustenance
timeScope primeval history in Genesis

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Primeval history hasPart the Fall
Arda Marred relatedTo the Fall