felix culpa English

Meaning felix culpa meaning

What does felix culpa mean?

felix culpa noun

— (literary) A series of miserable events that will eventually lead to a happier outcome.

— (religion) The Biblical story of the fall of Adam and Eve and the loss of the Garden of Eden, known theologically as the source of original sin - meaning that this loss of innocence was a fortunate fall because of the good that would come from it, that is, Christian redemption and the eventual hope of Heaven.