No, original sin does not condemn alone. It is what in modern language we’d call genetic condition, predisposing men past the age of reason commit actual sin through the operation of their free will.
When actual sin is avoided, that is possible through the divine grace, which is here because of the work of the Savior. Baptism removes original sin and opens the channel of sanctifying grace available to the baptized through the other sacraments of the Church.
Very well put, Alex. It summs up the whole doctrine.
When actual sin is avoided, that is possible through the divine grace, which is here because of the work of the Savior. Baptism removes original sin and opens the channel of sanctifying grace available to the baptized through the other sacraments of the Church.
Worth repeating.
IF this is inevitable, then would it be fair to say that the "operation" of original sin is enough to condemn? That would virtually be the same as I was saying. My understanding of Orthodoxy is that no one is necessarily "doomed" from original sin. That is, anyone could (potentially) just choose to ignore (resist) it, and never sin. Of course we Reformers say that is impossible, so I was just wondering where Catholicism fell on that continuum.