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The first sin

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The question

What was the first sin which the world came to know ?

The answer

The first sin which the world recognised was that of pride...

It was the first sin into which Satan fell when he said: "I will exalt my throne above the stars of God... I will be like the Most High. " (Is. 14:13-14).

This was the first sin which mankind was attacked by, when the devil said to Eve: "you will be like God, knowing good and evil. " (Gen. 3:5).

When the Lord was incarnated, He fought this sin through His humility, by taking the form of a slave and becoming like a human being in His appearance, and by being born in a stable, and permitting the d`evil to test Him.

Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III of Blessed Memory

Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III of Blessed Memory, Many Years with People's Questions, Part III: Spiritual and General Questions. Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate. Translated by Mrs. Glynis Younan, London. Revised by Mrs. Wedad Abbas. Second edition. Revised COEPA 1997. ISBN 977-00-2738-3.