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 ⓘ
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