We were all in Adam : the unity of mankind in Adam in the teaching of the Church Fathers /

Contrary to a common conviction, original sin is one of the fundamental Patristic issues, because it is the starting point of Patristic anthropology and sets the stage for the need for salvation.The Church Fathers before Augustine did not used the term "original sin", but described its rea...

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Main Author: Przyszychowska, Marta (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Puławska, Elżbieta (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Warsaw] ; [Berlin] : De Gruyter, [2018]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Contrary to a common conviction, original sin is one of the fundamental Patristic issues, because it is the starting point of Patristic anthropology and sets the stage for the need for salvation.The Church Fathers before Augustine did not used the term "original sin", but described its reality, having the greatest possible feeling for the mystical unity of mankind with its first ancestor. As regards the issue of the unity of human nature in Adam, the East and the West speak with one voice, which is first to be found in Irenaeus' works.
Physical Description:1 online resource (136 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-132) and index.
ISBN:3110620588
3110620545
9783110620542
9783110620580