Antilapsarianism
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Antilapsarianism is the denial of the Jewish or Christian doctrine of the fall of humanity from his perfect physical and moral state in the Garden of Eden. Because antilapsarianism is implicit in evolution, by which the human species has steadily advanced, not declined, those who hold to theistic evolution often allegorize the Fall to symbolize humanity's alienation from close communion with God.
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- Hill, Robert H. A Dictionary of Difficult Words, Signet, 1969.
