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The fall of man and Catholic/Orthodox understanding of it

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The Catholic Catechism says the following:

CCC#405: Although it is proper to each individual, original sin does not have the character of a personal fault in any of Adam's descendants.

CCC#417: Adam and Eve transmitted to their descendants human nature wounded by their own first sin and hence deprived of original holiness and justice; this deprivation is called "original sin".

How does Orthodoxy view the fall? Is the part in red an acceptable description, or is something amiss with it?

Also, I thought that at one time, the Roman Catholic church accepted the idea of the guilt of Adam being ascribed to all persons under the heading of "Original Sin." Now I am being told that this is no longer a teaching of their church. Any X-Catholics care to comment on this?
 

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I'm not an ex-Catholic and still new to this site. I thought there was a place to post for people who are ex-Christians so I don't think you will get any responses here.
This is a subforum of the Eastern Orthodox forum called The Ancient Way which itself is under the Christian Communities forum.
The purpose of this subforum is found here.
The OP is requesting responses from fellow Eastern Orthodox, some of whom were former Catholics, so the thread is in the right place.
I'm guessing this thread appeared on the home page of the forum or as related thread links at the bottom of another thread. So when you click on the link you don't actually know which subforum you are in and some have strict rules associated that have gotten people into trouble by inadvertently breaking rules they didn't know about.
When you click on a suggested thread, it's always a good idea to scroll to the top to see what subforum you have ended up in.
 
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