DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN DEGENERACY Eph 986-991 1/22/89; 946ff A. Definition. 1. Degeneracy is the decline to false or inferior standards, accompanied by loss of integrity and sinking into the subnormal status of fragmentation and reversionism. Degeneracy is the process of passing from the higher to the lower; to decline progressively. 2. Degeneracy is decline from the superior standards of the protocol plan of God to the inferior standards related to fragmentation, reversionism, and cosmic involvement. 3. There are two categories of degeneracy: a. Moral degeneracy related to the sin nature trend toward self-righteous arrogance, which is classified as polarized legalism....
