... view that as a consequence of original sin, the will and reason of human beings were darkened so that humans can no longer do good. Moreover, going to the extreme, he argued that sin is transmitted through the human seed, and is contracted at birth. Hence, according to Augustine, the lot of unbaptized infants is to be condemned eternally in hell. It is the contention of this paper to show that Augustine's doctrine of original sin is defective because, relying on a mistranslated biblical verse it makes Adam's descendants responsible for a sin which they did not commit, and it fails to consider the full restoration of the fallen human nature. Augustine's doctrine of original sin is based on Rom. 5: 12 which in modern translations reads: "as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have ...

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