Question 16

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Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?

The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.^a

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aGenesis 2:16–17; Romans 5:12; 1 Corinthians 15:21–22

Commentary

An Explicatory Catechism (1675), on this question
John Flavel, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism (1692), on this question
Thomas Vincent, An Explicatory Catechism (1673), on this question
Joseph Alleine, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism (1672), on this question
Thomas Lye, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions (1672), on this question
Alexander Whyte, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism (1883), on this question
Matthew Henry, A Scripture Catechism (1703), on this question
Thomas Watson, A Body of Practical Divinity (1692), on Q. 16, 18
Hugh Binning, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion (1659), on Q. 15–19

Related texts

Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism

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Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 16, symbolics.dev/wsc/16

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