Editing Original sin (section)

==== Anglicanism ====
The original formularies of the [[Church of England]] also continue in the Reformation understanding of original sin, which is evident in Article 9 ("Of Original or Birth-sin") of the [[Thirty-nine Articles]].

{{blockquote|Original Sin standeth not in the following of ''Adam,'' (as the ''Pelagians'' do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of ''Adam;'' whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea in them that are regenerated; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in the Greek, ''phronema sarkos'', (which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the affection, some the desire, of the flesh,) is not subject to the Law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin.{{sfn|Church of England|1863}}}}

However, more recent doctrinal statements permit a greater variety of understandings of this doctrine, such as the 1938 report ''Doctrine in the Church of England''.

{{blockquote|Man is by nature capable of communion with God, and only through such communion can he become what he was created to be. "Original sin" stands for the fact that from a time apparently prior to any responsible act of choice man is lacking in this communion, and if left to his own resources and to the influence of his natural environment cannot attain to his destiny as a child of God.{{sfn|Church of England|1938|p=54}}}}