Originally Posted By: hybrid8
Originally Posted By: peter
the first time I ever heard of Christians who believed that death was caused by sin.


I went to a Catholic high school and had 5 years of theology class. We were never taught anything even remotely close to this idea.

That's very surprising to me because the notion is all throughout the New Testament (not just Romans 5) and the concept is found in plenty of Christian writings, both contemporary and historical. There are several verses in Romans (not just Romans 5) and more in James and 1 Corinthians (notable in that James is a different author, so the idea cannot just be attributed to Paul). That being said, Romans 5 is probably the clearest writing on this concept in scripture.
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