A-Z: General definitions
- F R Leavis
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- Faith
- Faith without Works
- Faithful
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- Fall of Humankind
- Fall of the angels
- Fallacy
- Fallen angel
- Fallen humanity
- Falling action
- Familiar
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- Fascist
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- Fat of the land
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- Fate
- Father
- Father of the Church
- Father, forgive them '
- Father-confessor
- Faun
- Faunus
- Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom
- Feet
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- Feminine ending
- Feminine Rhyme
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- Fielding
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- Fig Leaves
- Fig-tree
- Figurative
A-Z: General definitions: Fallen humanity
Definition
The state of the human race since the fall when Adam and Eve first disobeyed God (known as the original sin). Since then humans have been separated from God by their sin or disobedience.
The disobedience of Adam and Eve in the Bible is known as the Fall of Humankind. Christians believe that humans from then on have had a a predispostion to disobey God.
According to Genesis (the first book of the Old Testament), Adam is the first human being, made in the image / likeness of God, placed in the Garden of Eden and given dominion over the earth.
According to the book of Genesis in the Bible the first woman, said to have been created by God out of Adam's rib, to be his companion.
The Bible describes God as the unique supreme being, creator and ruler of the universe.
State of disobedience to - and alienation from - God believed to have characterised human beings since the Fall of Adam and Eve.
Disobedience to the known will of God. According to Christian theology human beings have displayed a pre-disposition to sin since the Fall of Humankind.
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