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== Origins of the doctrine == | == Origins of the doctrine == | ||
[[File:Simone Martini 003.jpg|thumb|upright|Saint Augustine, by Simone Martini (1320-1325)]] | |||
For the most part, there is barely a trace of the concept of original sin among the early apostolic fathers, who believed that no sin could prevent man from choosing good over evil by his own free will. | For the most part, there is barely a trace of the concept of original sin among the early apostolic fathers, who believed that no sin could prevent man from choosing good over evil by his own free will. | ||
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When the Church exempts Jesus from original sin, it distances him even further from the rest of us. By saying that we are sinners and that Jesus never was, it robs us of our potential to become Sons of God as we walk in the footsteps of Christ. | When the Church exempts Jesus from original sin, it distances him even further from the rest of us. By saying that we are sinners and that Jesus never was, it robs us of our potential to become Sons of God as we walk in the footsteps of Christ. | ||
[[File:Tizian 091.jpg|thumb|''Adam and Eve'', Titian (c. 1550)]] | |||
== Inheriting Adam’s sin == | == Inheriting Adam’s sin == | ||