fall of man
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Why must the fall of man, rather than the survival of woman, still be the main event?
From The New Yorker • Nov. 2, 2018
Homer told the story of ancient Greece in the “Iliad,” Virgil of Rome in the “Aeneid,” John Milton of the fall of man in “Paradise Lost,” and Alexander Pope of 18th-century England in the “Dunciad.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2017
One can just as well recount a more recent and assuredly secular story of the fall of man.
From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2017
Despite his heroism, despite all his success at bringing about the fall of man, the former’s actions take place in a universe with definite boundaries.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2016
I suppose they regard the Bible as the inspired word of God; that they believe in the fall of man, in the atonement, in salvation by faith, in the resurrection and ascension of Christ.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
