Buddhists misrepresent the Christian view of human nature, says theologian Steven Shippee. It’s a lot closer to Buddhism than you think.

I’m sure Antonio Banderas is a very nice man. He’s probably deep and introspective, gentle with children and small animals, and has a fascinating life. He’s been active with chari…

Adam and Eve are near-perfect role models for the healthy, resilient, loving relationship we all say we crave.

Original Sin (2001) just doesn’t get enough love from costumers, from what I can tell. Starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas, this film, set in the late 1870s, is one of those crosses …

Previsible comienzo. Todo se inicia con el ímpetu de un dedo. El ímpetu del dedo señalador. Peligrosas marmitas de corriente salvaje. Naufragan las más bellas construcciones. En el entramado de enredos. En la furia que desencadena un dedo. En las turbias aguas de la señaladora envidia.

Il serpente come sedusse Eva, così ancora oggi seduce i credenti Iddio ha detto: «E l’Eterno Iddio diede all’uomo questo comandamento: “Mangia pure liberamente del frutto d’…

He rescued Adam and Eve from obscurity, devised the doctrine of original sin—and the rest is sexual history.

Christianity's claims may sound crazy at first. But what if they actually make sense of life's most besetting problems?

"After the original sin, God addresses the serpent, which represents Satan, curses it and adds a promise: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel" (Gn 3: 15). It is the announcement of revenge: at the dawn of the Creation, Satan seems to have the upper hand, but the son of a woman is to crush his head. Thus, through the descendence of a woman, God himself will triumph. Goodness will triumph. That woman is the Virgin Mary of whom was born Jesus Christ who, with his sacrifice, defeated the ancient tempter once and for all. This is why in so many paintings and statues of the Virgin Immaculate she is portrayed in the act of crushing a serpent with her foot." – Pope Benedict XVI, reflecting on today's First Reading from Genesis 3:9-10. My sermon for today's Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception can be read here. Detail from a stone carving in the west facade of York Minster.

We have all heard of “Capital Sins” or “Deadly Sins”. For the sake of staying as close as possible to its original Latin name, I will refer to them as “Capital Sins”. For those of you who don’t know what these sins are, I will name them for you: Pride, envy, gluttony, greed lust, sloth and wrath. Today I would like to shed some light on the history and real meaning behind them.

On the Original Sin in the Byzantine Tradition. Find out about it in our monastery blog. We have been writing about Christianity, church history, church products and crafts, the lives of the great ascetics, etc.

As he begins rehearsals for Hamlet at the Almeida, take a look at the theatrical career of Andrew Scott