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The term '''Original Sin''' (or ''first sin'') is used among all Christian groups to define the doctrine surrounding Romans 5:12-21 and 1 corinthians 15:22, in which Adam is identified as the man whom through death came into the world. How this is interpreted is a fundamental difference between the Eastern Orthodox church and the Western Church. In the [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox church]] the term '''[[Ancestral Sin]]''' (Gr. προπατορικό αμάρτημα) is preferred and is used to define the doctrine of man's "inclanation towards sin, a heritage from the sin of our progenitors" and that this is removed through [[baptism]]. St. [[Gregory Palamas]] taight that man's image was tarnished, disfigured, as a consequence of Adam's disobedience.

The ''original sin'' was committed by In the [[AdamBook of Genesis]] and , Chapter 3, [[EveAdam]] (see and [[Book of GenesisEve]] Chapter 3)committed a sin. The [[Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] believes teach that, while everyone bears the consequences of the first sinthis original act, the foremost of which this is physical death (in this world), however, ''only'' Adam and Eve are guilty of that sin the original act (see [[Book of Ezekiel]] Chapter 18). The consequences and penalties of this ''act'' are transferred by means of natural heredity to the entire human race. Since every human is a descendant of Adam then 'no one is free from the implications of this sin' (which is human death) and that the only way to be freed from this is through baptism.