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
Was he truly a child of God, possessing a soul, and, if so, had he partaken of the sin of Adam?
From The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters by Perry, Bliss
Neither by the death and sin of Adam does the whole race die, nor by the resurrection of Christ does the whole race rise.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
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)
