original sin
noun
mass noun
- Christian Theology the tendency to evil supposedly innate in all human beings, held to be inherited from Adam in consequence of the Fall. The concept of original sin was established by the writings of St Augustine.【基督教神学】原罪（指所有的人由亚当的堕落而有一种内在的恶的倾向, 原罪的概念由圣奥古斯丁的著作所确立）。