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  2. Original sin - Wikipedia

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    Depiction of the sin of Adam and Eve (The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Pieter Paul Rubens). Original sin (Latin: peccatum originale) in Christian theology refers to the condition of sinfulness that all humans share, which is inherited from Adam and Eve due to the Fall, involving the loss of original righteousness and the distortion of the Image of God. [1]

  3. The Masque of the Red Death - Wikipedia

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    Like the character Prince Prospero, Poe tried to ignore the terminal nature of the disease. [9] Poe's mother Eliza, brother William, and foster mother Frances had also died of tuberculosis. Alternatively, the Red Death may refer to cholera; Poe witnessed an epidemic of cholera in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1831. [10]

  4. Path of Exile - Wikipedia

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    One of the main topics discussed in the reveal video was the current trend in free-to-play mobile business models (such as "pay-to-win microtransactions, time gates, energy bars, random nag screens, notifications, video ads") and that POE Mobile would aim to avoid that approach, and retain the full gameplay of the desktop version.

  5. The City in the Sea - Wikipedia

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    "The City in the Sea" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The final version was published in 1845, but an earlier version was published as "The Doomed City" in 1831 and, later, as "The City of Sin". The poem tells the story of a city ruled by a personification of Death using common elements from Gothic fiction.

  6. Theology of John Calvin - Wikipedia

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    The second book of the Institutes includes several essays on the original sin and the fall of man, which directly refer to Augustine, who developed these doctrines. He often cited the Church Fathers in order to defend the reformed cause against the charge that the reformers were creating new theology. [ 10 ]

  7. The Minister's Black Veil - Wikipedia

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    While Poe proposed this, Hawthorne never lets the reader know the reasoning behind the veil. [6] While the veil is the main symbol in the story, it is also ironic. Hooper, in his stubborn use of the veil parable of one sin, is unconsciously guilty of a greater sin: that of egotistically warping the total meaning of life.

  8. Dexter: Original Sin: Dex’s Life Flashes Before His Eyes in ...

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    Prepare for a killer holiday season. Dexter‘s prequel series Original Sin, which will follow the original show’s central character during his teenage years, will be available to stream on ...

  9. The Fall of the House of Usher - Wikipedia

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    Its main character, William Stendahl, builds a house based on the specifications from Poe's story to murder his enemies. Usher's Passing, a 1984 novel by Robert R. McCammon, is a gothic fiction novel based on the "true" story of the Usher family. Poe makes an appearance in the flashback that starts the novel. [47]