# The Meaning of the Term “Original Sin”

> The term “original sin” is a Latin term that was born in the West. It is the prevailing term in Blessed Augustine, and it means that we all participated in Adam’s guilt. This term is unknown among the Fathers who wrote in Greek…

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![“The term “original sin” is a Latin term that was born in the West. It is the prevailing term in Blessed Augustine, and it means that we all participated in Adam’s guilt. This term is unknown among the Fathers who wrote in Greek throughout the first thousand years of the Church’s history.”](/uploads/sites/1274e232-e31c-46f4-a48b-27b854406479/media/evidence-f756b96c-11b8-4884-a24c-019e47ea78db-en-square.png?w=1080&h=1080)

The term “original sin” is a Latin term that was born in the West. It is the prevailing term in Blessed Augustine, and it means that we all participated in Adam’s guilt. This term is unknown among the Fathers who wrote in Greek throughout the first thousand years of the Church’s history. “The ancient sin,” or “Adam’s sin,” or “the ancestral sin” are the expressions that appear in all the Fathers of the Orthodox Church of the East

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