{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/105/1050654.htm","path":"chr/ecf/105/1050654.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/105/1050654.htm","text":"Chapter 47.\u2014The Scriptures Repeatedly Teach Us that All Sin in One.\nStill let him ply his question: \u201cBy what means may sin be discovered in an infant?\u201d He may find an answer in the inspired pages: \u201cBy one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for in him all sinned.\u201d \u201cThrough the offence of one many are dead.\u201d \u201cThe judgment was from one to condemnation.\u201d \u201cBy one man\u2019s offence death reigned by one.\u201d \u201cBy the offence of one, Judgment came upon all men to condemnation.\u201d \u201cBy one man\u2019s disobedience many were made sinners.\u201d 2299 Behold, then, \u201cby what means sins may be discovered in an infant.\u201d Let him now believe in original sin; let him permit infants to come to Christ, that they may be saved. [XXVIII.] What means this passage of his: \u201cHe sins not who is born; he sins not who begat him; He sins not who created him. Amidst these intrenchments of innocence, therefore, what are the breaches through which you pretend that sin entered?\u201d Why does he search for a hidden chink when he has an open door? \u201cBy one man,\u201d says the apostle; \u201cthrough the offence of one,\u201d says the apostle; \u201cBy one man\u2019s disobedience,\u201d says the apostle. What does he want more? What does he require plainer? What does he expect to be more impressively repeated?","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol. V: On Marriage and C...","type":"page"}