Question 14
Did God create us unable to keep his law?

Answer
No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, all of creation is fallen; we are all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature and unable to keep God’s law.

2 thoughts on “New City Catechism Question and Answer 14

  1. In Cathedral Choirs from age 8, I joined the other boys in long sermon diversions: note-passing quizzes on catechism, from the mystic “Q: What is your name? Answer: N or M” onward. Scriptural text identification, passed-around choirstalls A.V.s with pencilled marginalia – present day patois translations of the Naughty Bits our embryonic exegesis

    1. Gary Ware's avatar Gary Ware says:

      Personally, I preferred counting rows of bricks.
      Or reading the introductions to the Bible or the hymn books.

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