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From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Although it is proper to each individual,²⁹⁵ original sin does not have
the character of a personal fault in any of Adam’s descendants. It is a
deprivation of original holiness and justice, but human nature has not been
totally corrupted: it is wounded in the natural powers proper to it, subject to
ignorance, suffering and the dominion of death, and inclined to sin – an
inclination to evil that is called concupiscence”. Baptism, by imparting
the life of Christ’s grace, erases original sin and turns a man back towards God,
but the consequences for nature, weakened and inclined to evil, persist in man
and summon him to spiritual battle.

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
  - Article 1 “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”
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