Original sin

===Methodism===
The [[Methodist Church]] upholds Article VII in the [[Articles of Religion (Methodist)|Articles of Religion]] in the ''[[Book of Discipline (United Methodist)|Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church]]'':

{{blockquote|Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk), but it is the corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and of his own nature inclined to evil, and that continually.<ref>[http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1649 The United Methodist Church: The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church – Article V—Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120710233342/http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1649 |date=10 July 2012 }}</ref>}}

Methodist theology teaches that a believer is made free from original sin when they are [[entire sanctification|entirely sanctified]]:<ref name="CON2017"/>

{{quotation|We believe that entire sanctification is that act of God, subsequent to regeneration, by which believers are made free from original sin, or depravity, and brought into a state of entire devotement to God, and the holy obedience of love made perfect. It is wrought by the baptism with or infilling of the Holy Spirit, and comprehends in one experience the cleansing of the heart from sin and the abiding, indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, empowering the believer for life and service. Entire sanctification is provided by the blood of Jesus, is wrought instantaneously by grace through faith, preceded by entire consecration; and to this work and state of grace the Holy Spirit bears witness.<ref name="CON2017">{{cite web|url=http://2017.manual.nazarene.org/section/christian-holiness-and-entire-sanctification/|title=Christian Holiness and Entire Sanctification|work=Church of the Nazarene Manual 2017–2021|publisher=[[Church of the Nazarene]]|language=en|access-date=25 October 2018}}</ref>}}