The Doctrine of Original Sin
27 Jan 2012 1 Comment
in Christology, Church, Revelation, Theology Tags: Augustine & Pelagius, Original Sin
The doctrine of Original Sin, which is theologically based upon the writings and teachings of St. Paul, has certainly been a doctrine of the West, and Augustine. This came to a head in the fifth century in the Augustine and Pelagius debate and controversy. And this has been classically a position of both the Roman Catholic Church, and the Protestant and Reformational, Reformed Church.
Today, in the so-called modern and now post-modern church, this doctrine is being pressed and moved by many sources, and here we can also place the Eastern Orthodox. Who simply have never been Augustinian at all! However, we again must be biblical, as well as historical, and certainly even somewhat psychological or anthropological. The latter must be seen within the reality of man, or humanity. And looking here and at all the biblical and theological places, I am myself surely Augustinian!
irishanglican ~ Fr. Robert
Jan 27, 2012 @ 14:04:43
So for me anyway, the Augustinian is certainly closer to the real Pauline theology.