On the Imputation of Adam's First Sin · §484

Man. Post. Cap. IX: proofs 3–4 — article & names; tip before name-distinctions

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3. He hamartia with the article designates a certain individual of sin, so much so that scarcely in Paul do you find ten hamartian with the article added declaring anything else, as the most learned interpreters note. Therefore it does not designate hereditary corruption, which is not one individual of sin, but Adam's actual sin. I deny the antecedent. I remember reading no interpreter who observes that the name hamartia with the prefixed article signifies among Paul a certain individual of sin or some singular sin one in number: on the contrary they observe that almost everywhere it designates that hereditary corruption which is in all humans from birth. Your fourth reason finally is sought from other names by which you think the Apostle marked this sin which entered into the world. What in the following verses the Apostle calls parabasis, transgression, paraptoma, a fall or defection, parakoe, disobedience—that is Adam's actual sin. But this sin which entered into the world the Apostle calls parabasis, paraptoma, and parakoe. Therefore this sin which entered into the world is Adam's actual sin.

Latin

3. ἡ ἁμαρτία cum articulo certum peccati individuum designat, adeo quidem ut vix apud Paulum invenias τὴν ἁμαρτίαν addito articulo aliud declarare, ut notant doctissimi interpretes. Ergo non designat corruptionem haereditariam, quae non est unum peccati individuum, sed peccatum actuale Adami. Nego antecedens. Nullum interpretem me legere memini, qui nomen ἁμαρτία cum praefixo articulo observet certum peccati individuum seu singulare quoddam peccatum unum numero apud Paulum significare: contra observant id fere ubique haereditariam illam corruptionem, quae in omnibus hominibus inest ab ortu, designare. Quarta denique tua ratio est petita ex aliis nominibus, quibus tu putas Apostolum hoc peccatum quod in mundum introiit insignivisse. Quod in sequentibus versibus Apostolus vocat παράβασιν transgressionem, παράπτωμα lapsum seu defectionem, παρακοήν inobedientiam, illud est peccatum actuale Adami. Atqui hoc peccatum quod in mundum introiit, vocat Apostolus παράβασιν, παράπτωμα, & παρακοήν. Ergo hoc peccatum, quod in mundum introiit, est peccatum actuale Adami.

About this text

Josue de la Place (Placeus) — Capita I–XIV partial of De imputatione primi peccati Adami from the 1661 Saumur Latin, through Man. Post. Caput X (GAR.1–3 Rom. 5.13 tip) / before PLAC on reatus-only. Honest partial; Cap. X Rom. 5:14+ / ~494 pp Disputatio remain.

English follows the locked 1661 Saumur Latin of Capita I–XIV partial through Man. Post. Caput IX (eph-ho / eph-ho pantes) before eph-ho / eph-ho pantes, reconstructed from IA PDF page images with Vision OCR and pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Cap. IX deepen+ remain.

Catalogue & scope

IA deimputationepri00lapl. Densify: Capita I–XII + Caput XIV + Man. Post. Cap. II–VI through Cap. X Rom. 5:14 tip. Not whole Disputatio; Cap. X Rom. 5:14+ / ~494 pp Disputatio remain.

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