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title: "Question 22: Did all mankind fall in that first transgression? | Westminster Larger Catechism"
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# Question 22: Did all mankind fall in that first transgression? | Westminster Larger Catechism

The covenant being made with Adam, as a public person, not for himself only, but for his posterity; all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in that first transgression.

Scripture proofs: Acts 17:26; Gen. 2:16-17; Rom. 5:12-20; 1 Cor. 15:21-22.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=118)

## Related reading

- [Question 21](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-21-did-man-continue-in-that-estate-wherein-god-at/)
- [Question 23](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-23-into-what-estate-did-the-fall-bring-mankind/)

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