Original Sin - Criticism

Criticism

Historian Robin Lane Fox argues that the foundation of the doctrine of original sin, that was accepted by the Church, was based on a mis-translation of Paul the Apostle's Epistle to the Romans (Romans 5:12-21) by Augustine, in his "On the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin".

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