Editing Socinianism (section)

===Human nature===
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The Socinians held that humans were created mortal in the beginning and would have died naturally whether [[Adam and Eve]] had [[Fall of man|eaten from the tree]] or not.<ref>"[Man] was originally created mortal; that is, was so constituted that he was not only by nature capable of dying, but also, if left to himself, could not but die." ''The Racovian Catechism'' (English trans. Thomas Rees, London 1818), p. 20.</ref> They also rejected the doctrine of [[original sin]].<ref>"The fall of Adam, as it was but one act, could not have power to deprave his own nature, much less that of his posterity." ''The Racovian Catechism'' (English trans. Thomas Rees, London 1818), p. 326.</ref>