10. From the Formula Concordiae, concerning Original Sin. (a) Since the fall of Adam, all men, being descended from him according to nature, are born in sin, which brings damnation and eternal death on those who are not reborn. The merit of Christ is the only means whereby they are reborn; consequently, the only remedy whereby they are restored. Pages 9, 10, 52, 53, 55, 317, 641, 644 also Appendix, pages 138, 139. (b) Original sin is such a deep corruption of nature that there is no spiritual soundness in man's body or soul, or in his energies. Page 574. (c) It is the source of all actual sins. Pages 317, 577, 639, 640, 642. Appendix, page 139. (d) It is the total absence or deprivation of the image of God. Page 640. (e) We ought to distinguish between our nature such as God created it, and original sin which dwells in our nature. Page 645. (f) Moreover, original sin is there called the work of the devil, spiritual poison, the root of all evils, an accident* and a quality; whereas our nature is there called the work and creature of God, the personality of man, a substance and an essence and the difference between them is the same as the difference between a man infected with a disease and the disease itself. * Latin "accidens" i.e., an accident in the philosophical sense of a non-essential property not in the sense of a mishap.