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Contrary to a common conviction, original sin is one of the fundamental Patristic issues, because it is the starting point of Patristic anthropology and sets the stage for the need for salvation. The Church Fathers before Augustine did not used the term "original sin", but described its reality, having the greatest possible feeling for the mystical unity of mankind with its first ancestor. As regards the issue of the unity of human nature in Adam, the East and the West speak with one voice, which is first to be found in Irenaeus' works.The purpose of this work is to address the Patristic issue of the unity of humankind in Adam – the concept present in both Eastern and Western Christianity - that can be traced back to Irenaeus.

Chapter Four: Women in the Wider WorldJohn Chrysostom, Homily 9 on I Timothy; John Chrysostom, Greet Priscilla and Aquila; John Chrysostom, Homily 7 on Matthew; Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies; Jerome, Epistle 133; Jerome, Epistle 127; Jerome, Epistle 108; Palladius, Lausiac History; Faltonia Betitia Proba, Cento; Jerome, Epistle 128; Jerome, Epistle 107; Tertullian, On Baptism; John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood; John Chrysostom, Saints Bernice and Prosdoce; Canons of Nicaea and Chalcedon; Apostolic Constitutions; Jerome, Epistle 77; Socrates Scholasticus, Church History.

Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Translator's Note -- Foreword to the German Edition (2005) -- Preface -- 1. The Intellectual and Spiritual Background of the Question -- The Heritage of Antiquity -- The Biblical Background -- The Conflict with Gnosticism -- The Fathers� Vision of the Unity of the Peoples -- 2. The Christian Gnosis of Origen -- The Meaning of National Identity in Origen -- The Place of the Church -- Summary -- 3. Augustine's Debate with Rome's Political Theology -- The Rejection of Rome�s Political Theology

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