What is the first sin that the world knew?
What is the first sin that the world knew?
Question: What is the first sin that the world knew?
Answer: The first sin is pride, by which Satan fell and lost his angelic dignity. This fall was rebuked by the divine revelation in the Book of the Prophet Isaiah: “For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God… I will be like the Most High’” (Isaiah 14:13–14).
As for the earth, the first sin is envy, into which Satan also fell. Therefore, we say in the Divine Liturgy: “the death that entered the world through the envy of the devil,” for he envied man. And the first sin into which man fell is corrupt companionship, as he sat with the serpent and was influenced by her words.
An article by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III – Al-Keraza Magazine – Fifth Year – Issue No. 4 – 26 October 1974
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