Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
The Evil Inclination in Early Judaism and Christianity
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 212-231
Keywords:
Augustine,
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christian Early church, ca. 30-600
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History
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Sin Christianity Early church, ca. 30-600
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History of doctrines
Abstract:
In debate with his theological opponents, especially the Pelagians, Augustine came to formulate an account of the natures and origins of two different kinds of human sin: “original sin,” and individual, personal sins. The former referred to Adam and Eve’s primal disobedience, which was biologically transmitted to all their descendants through concupiscence, and guilt for which was shared by all from birth. The latter encompassed the wide range of sins committed individually by humans. Augustine took care to distinguish between these two categories of sin, as, for example, in a treatise dating to about 411, On the Deserts of Sinners and Infant Baptism.
DOI:
10.1017/9781108557153.014
URL:
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