# From the Church’s Liturgy on Ancestral Sin

> O great and eternal God, who fashioned man for incorruption. And the death that entered into the world through the envy of the devil, You have destroyed, by the life-giving manifestation of Your Only-Begotten Son…

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![“O great and eternal God, who fashioned man for incorruption. And the death that entered into the world through the envy of the devil, You have destroyed, by the life-giving manifestation of Your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord, our God and our Savior Jesus Christ.” — Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, Prayer of Reconciliation, “O God, great and eternal”](/uploads/sites/1274e232-e31c-46f4-a48b-27b854406479/media/evidence-b54dd3b4-79ce-4dbd-99ee-1b7c91ececc0-en-square.png?w=1080&h=1080)

O great and eternal God, who fashioned man for incorruption. And the death that entered into the world through the envy of the devil, You have destroyed, by the life-giving manifestation of Your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord, our God and our Savior Jesus Christ

The Prayer of Reconciliation, “O God, great and eternal”

The Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

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