The Enchiridion 50

sant'Agostino d'Ippona (354–430 d.C.) · De fide spe et charitate · PL 40, 230–290

50 Christ Took Away Not Only the One Original Sin, But All the Other Sins that Have Been Added to It PL 40, 256

With this difference: the first man brought one sin into the world, but this man took away not only that one sin, but all that He found added to it. Hence the apostle says: “And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses unto justification.” For it is evident that the one sin which we bring with us by nature would, even if it stood alone, bring us under condemnation; but the free gift justifies man from many offenses: for each man, in addition to the one sin which, in common with all his kind, he brings with him by nature, has committed many sins that are strictly his own.

Per Christum tolli non tantum originale peccatum, sed et caetera superaddita. Nisi quod ille unus unum peccatum misit in mundum, iste vero unus non solum illud unum, sed cuncta simul abstulit quae addita invenit. Unde dicit Apostolus: Non sicut per unum peccantem, ita est et donum: nam judicium quidem ex uno in condemnationem, gratia autem ex multis delictis in justificationem. Quia utique illud unum quod originaliter trahitur, etiam si solum sit, obnoxios damnationi facit: gratia vero ex multis delictis justificat hominem, qui praeter illud unum quod communiter cum omnibus originaliter traxit, sua quoque propria multa commisit.

Philip Schaff (ed.), Buffalo/New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886-1889. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series). Latin: Migne, Patrologia Latina (1844-1855), public domain; transcription from Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).

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