The doctrine of original sin originates largely from St. Augustine and certain other writers of the patristic Latin West, such as Tertullian. From the outset it has been questioned by exponents of Orthodox theology. [...] Orthodox writers [...] have resisted strongly the conceptions of inherited guilt that are often central to western expositions of original sin. ↑ Theodore G. Tappert, The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1959), 29. ↑ Luther's Works, American edition, vol.