Westminster Shorter Catechism

Q16

Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?

The covenant being made with Adam40, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression41.
Doctrine

Scripture Proofs

40
Genesis 2:16-17James 2:10
41
Romans 5:12-211 Corinthians 15:22

See also

Westminster Confession of FaithVIOf the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
Westminster Larger CatechismQ22Did all mankind fall in that first transgression?
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