sin of Adam
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Despite the original sin of Adam and Eve discussed in the Christian and Jewish Bible and the fall from grace that this entails, Augustine held that it is within our power to choose the good.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Augustine more than any other writer defined Roman Catholic teaching on the Trinity, conditions for waging a "just war" and the "original sin" of Adam and Eve that corrupts all humanity.
From Time Magazine Archive
He says, in effect, "As through the sin of Adam all are condemned unto death, so by the righteousness of Christ all shall be justified unto life."
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
The sin of Adam became the first scene in the great drama of humanity, which led up to the Atonement.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.
He doubtless left them under the impression that the Confession of Faith does not teach that God decreed and brought to pass the sin of Adam.
From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by Hodgson, F. (Francis)
