Meta-historical fall

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise by Giovanni di Paolo in 1445 (originally part of the altarpiece in Siena's church of San Domenico).

The meta-historical fall (also called a metaphysical, supramundane, atemporal, or pre-cosmic fall) is an understanding of the biblical fall of man as a reality outside of empirical history that affects the entire history of the universe. This understanding of the human fall is a minority view among Christian theologians and associated by some with what they consider heresies, such as belief in the pre-existence of souls.[1]

  1. ^ Scott, Mark S.M. (1 June 2012). "3: Paradise Lost: Pre-Existence, the Fall, and the Origin of Evil". Journey Back to God: Origen on the Problem of Evil. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199841141.