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title: "Question 13: Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created? | Westminster Shorter Catechism"
description: "Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 13: Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created? Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning ag"
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source: "https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=160"
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# Question 13: Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created? | Westminster Shorter Catechism

Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.

Scripture proofs: Gen. 3:6-8, 13; Eccl. 7:29.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=160)

## Related reading

- [Understanding covenant theology](https://ctkrp.org/learn/topics/covenant-theology/)
- [Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 4: Of Creation](https://ctkrp.org/confession/chapter-4-creation/)
- [Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 9: What is the work of creation?](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-9-what-is-the-work-of-creation/)
- [Westminster Larger Catechism · Question 15: What is the work of creation?](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-15-what-is-the-work-of-creation/)
- [Find teaching on sin](https://ctkrp.org/sermons/?q=sin)
- [Question 12](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-12-what-special-act-of-providence-did-god-exercise-toward/)
- [Question 14](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-14-what-is-sin/)

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