The Shorter Catechism | Question 16Monday 3rd August 2020
Question 16 of the Shorter Catechism explains how Adam acted as mankind's representative when he first transgressed, causing all of his descendants to fall into sin with him.
Questions to consider
Q. 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
A. 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.