The Transmission of Sin
Augustine and the Pre-Augustinian Sources
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 23 May 2013
- ISBN 9780199751419
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 236x160x27 mm
- Weight 558 g
- Language English 0
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Originally published in Italian in 1978, Pier Franco Beatrice's The Transmission of Sin is a study of the origins of the doctrine of original sin, one of the most important teachings of the Catholic Church.
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Originally published in Italian in 1978, The Transmission of Sin is a study of the origins of the doctrine of original sin, one of the most important teachings of the Catholic Church. While the doctrine has a basis in biblical sources, it found its classic expression in the work of St. Augustine. Yet Augustine did not work out his theory on the basis of the biblical texts alone, rather he sought to understand them in the context of the religious thinking of his own time. Pier Franco Beatrice's work seeks to illuminate that context, and discover the post-biblical influences on Augustine's thought. Although he made considerable efforts to defend and elaborate the doctrine of hereditary guilt, says Beatrice, the doctrine already existed before Augustine and was in fact widespread in the Christianity of the time, particularly in the West. He locates its origins in Egypt in the second half of the second century CE, in Jewish-Christian circles that saw sexual congress as the source of the physical and moral corruption that afflicts all humans. In reaction to this extreme view, which rejected marriage and procreation as inherently evil, other theologians developed a more moderate position, recognizing only personal sin, which could not be inherited. Beatrice argues that Augustine's doctrine exemplified a synthesis of these two trends which would ultimately triumph as the orthodox Catholic position.
Beatrice's book makes a significant contribution to the study of original sin. Any serious student of Augustine or the doctrines of humanity or sin should consult this work.
Table of Contents:
Preface to the English Edition
Translator's Note
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: The Doctrine of Original Sin in Its Augustinian Formulation
Chapter 1: The Pelagian Critique of the Doctrine of Original Sin
Chapter 2: Original Sin and Its Consequences
Chapter 3: The Essence and Transmission of Original Sin
Chapter 4: Infant Baptism and Original Sin
Part II: The Biblical and Patristic Tradition according to Augustine
Chapter 5: The Biblical Testimonia
Chapter 6: Sin and Death in the Theology of Paul
Chapter 7: Augustine and Ambrosiaster
Chapter 8: Ambrose and Cyprian, Masters of Augustine
Chapter 9: Chrysostom, Augustine, and the Pelagians
Part III: The Origin and Development of the 'Augustinian' Doctrine of Original Sin
Chapter 10: The 'Legacy of Adam' in Greek Theology from the Second to the Fourth Century
Chapter 11: The Encratite Origin of the 'Augustinian' Doctrine of Original Sin
Chapter 12: The Concept of Original Sin as Popular and Manichean Heresy
Chapter 13: Traducianism, Original Sin, and Infant Baptism in the West
Chapter 14: Rome and Carthage: Two Traditions Compared
Conclusion: Towards a New History of the Augustinian Doctrine of Original Sin
Bibliography
Supplement to the Bibliography (2011)
