Question

In a paragraph, explain what is meant by this statement: "In Adam's fall, we sinned all." (This statement was found in the American textbook, the New England Primer, which was used to teach reading in American schools for well over 100 years.) Use complete sentences.

Answer 1

Through Adam's sin, man became susceptible of disease and death as a punishment for his sin. He passed this condition to his children, which is the entire humankind, and now we all pay for our sins through death. We become sinners even before we were born, and of course before we could choose to sin or not, and therefore we pay for them with our immortality.