Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

Question 15

What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.a

What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.a

  1. a. Genesis 3:6; Genesis 3:12

    Genesis 3:6

    3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

    3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

    Genesis 3:12

    3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

    3:12 And the man answered, "The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."

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Changes in The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 18

No change.

No change.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 18

What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 15

What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 18

What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 18

What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized) (1647), Question 15

What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 18

What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.

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Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

Question 21

Did man continue in that estate wherein God at first created him?

Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, through the temptation of Satan, transgressed the commandment of God in eating the forbidden fruit; and thereby fell from the estate of innocency wherein they were created.

Commentaries (10)

  • Hugh Binning, 1659, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion

    Rom. 5. 22. Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death past upon all men, for that all have sinned. This is a sad subject to speak upon, yet it…

    Hugh Binning’s text
  • Joseph Alleine, 1672, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism

    What was the Sin whereby our First Parents fell from the Estate wherein they were Created? The sin whereby our first Parents fell from the state wherein they were created, was…

    Joseph Alleine’s text
  • Thomas Lye, 1672, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions

    What was the sin, whereby our first Parents fell from the estate, wherein they were created? The sin whereby our first Parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was,…

    Thomas Lye’s text
  • Thomas Vincent, 1673, An Explicatory Catechism

    What was the Sin whereby our first Parents Fell from the state wherein they were first Created? The Sin whereby our first Parents Fell from the state wherein they were Created,…

    Thomas Vincent’s text
  • 1675, An Explicatory Catechism

    What was the sin whereby our first Parents fell from the estate wherein they were Created? The sin whereby our first Parents fell from the estate wherein they were Created, was…

    Its text
  • John Flavel, 1692, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism

    What is the sin whereby our first Parents fell from the Estate wherein they were created? The sin whereby our first Parents fell from the Estate wherein they were created, was…

    John Flavel’s text
  • Thomas Watson, 1692, A Body of Practical Divinity

    Quest. XI. What was the Sin whereby our first Parents fell from the Estate wherein they were created? Resp. The Sin was their eating of the forbidden Fruit, Gen. 3.6. —She took of…

    Thomas Watson’s text
  • Matthew Henry, 1703, A Scripture Catechism

    What was the Sin whereby our First Parents fell from the Estate wherein they were Created? The Sin whereby our First Parents fell from the State wherein they were Created, was…

    Matthew Henry’s text
  • Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism

    the forbidden fruit. “There was no evil in the fruit itself. The evil of the matter lay in man’s eating it against the express command of God. God forbade it to be eaten, for the…

    Alexander Whyte’s text
  • Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism

    On The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 18, which adapts this question

    Did our first parents sin? Yes. Thy first father hath sinned, Did our first parents fall without a tempter? No. For the serpent said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Did Satan…

    Benjamin Beddome’s text