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THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION (Sin and Grace) Lesson #18 1. Was there recognition in the Early Fathers of Adamic solidarity or of the fall? How did they define man’s plight? How would they define grace? The Epistle of Barnabas is the only recognition in the Early Fathers of Adamic solidarity or of the fall, but the reference is indirect. It states “For the Lord caused all manner of serpents to bite them, and they died forasmuch as the transgression was wrought in Eve through the serpent.” Other than that, the Early Fathers never attempted to account for man’s plight. They defined grace as a divine favor which is only granted through Christ (Clement of Rome), yet salvation is seen in a moral self-motivated context (The Shepherd of Hermas, The Epistle of Banabas). 2. How did the apologists represent progress in the critical understanding from the Fathers? What is their conception of sin? The apologists acknowledged the universality of human sinfulness and the need of divine grace in Christ in order to be delivered from sin. They generally stressed the free will in human and attempted to answer the questions (1) Is man’s power to do good diminished by sin, and if so, to what extent? And (2) what is the relation which the agency of human will sustains to the workings of the Holy Spirit in regeneration? The apologists viewed sin as the fault of making an evil choice. They assumed that humans have the free will to choose good and evil. 3. What is Origen’s Pre-existence t ...
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