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.
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But the actual sin of Adam is distinct from original sin which he transmitted to his posterity.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
But this is but accidentally occasioned by the sin of Adam.
From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge
We have expiated the sin of Adam, the greed of Jacob and the fault of David.
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Frank X. Leyendecker
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