\u201cLiberation theology\u201d was popularized in Latin America in the 1970s in response to the oppression, poverty and injustice endemic to that region.\u00a0 Leaving the metaphysical theories of the Catholic scholastic traditions behind, they forged new theories based on the social sciences and Marxist perspectives.\u00a0 \u00a0They intended to raise awareness of the social dimension of Original Sin.<\/p>\n
In addition to personal sin (the product of individual concupiscence) and Original Sin (the universal consequences of the Fall), liberation theologians included Social Sin (the consequence of individual sinful acts and embodied in social structures).\u00a0 But then, what would be the difference between Original Sin and Social Sin?<\/p>\n
The idea of Social Sin may be grounded in both St. Paul\u2019s letters and John\u2019s Gospel.\u00a0 But, the Catholic College of Cardinals ended up rejecting the idea that the biblical \u201csin of the world\u201d equaled the doctrine of Original Sin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cLiberation theology\u201d was popularized in Latin America in the 1970s in response to the oppression, poverty and injustice endemic to that region.\u00a0 Leaving the metaphysical theories of the Catholic scholastic traditions behind, they forged new theories based on the social sciences and Marxist perspectives.\u00a0 \u00a0They intended to raise awareness of the social dimension of Original […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n