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The City of God

St. Augustine of Hippo · 413–426 AD

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Part 13

That death is penal, and had its origin in Adam’s sin

Argument—In this book it is taught that death is penal, and had its origin in Adam’s sin.

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← That the Whole Plenitude of the Human Race Was Embraced in the First Man, and that God There Saw the Portion of It Which Was to Be Honored and Rewarded, and that Which Was to Be Condemned and Punished Of the Fall of the First Man, Through Which Mortality Has Been Contracted →

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