04 July 2006

Patristic Quote for the Day

Our faith teaches something very different. For the corruption of the body, which is a burden on the soul, is not the cause but the punishment of Adam's first sin. Moreover, it was not the corruptible flesh that made the soul sinful; on the contrary, it was the sinful soul that made the flesh corruptible. - St. Augustine, *City of God*, Book XIV, Chapter 3

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