Original sin can seem a little... unfair. Why do I have to suffer for something Adam and Eve did? Does the Catholic church teach that we're all born terrible people? (Spoiler: it doesn't.)

In this episode we discuss the elevation and fall of man.

This episode covers Part One, Section Two, Chapter One, Paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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References and further reading/listening/viewing:

• The Catechism of the Catholic Church Pts. 355-421.

• Leo J. Trese, The Faith Explained

• Catholic Encyclopedia, “Original Sin”

• The Council of Trent, Decree Concerning Original Sin

• Pope Benedict XVI, In the Beginning

• Scott Hahn, A Father Who Keeps His Promises

• Louis St. Hilaire, “Why Do We Have Original Sin if We Didn’t Eat the Apple?”

• Scott Hahn, The Road to Emmaus (Podcast), “The Mark of Cain”

• Bishop Barron, “Bishop Barron on Original Sin”

• “Understanding Genesis: Adam, Eve, and the Fall”

• “Bishop Barron on The Fall”

• The Thomistic Institute, “Original Sin (Aquinas 101)”

• Fulton Sheen, “Original Sin”

• “The Effects of Original Sin”

Christopher West, “Understanding Sin | An Authentic Catholic World View”