Résumé
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Jean-Michel Maldamé takes up a challenge: to provide a new perspective on the theological debate on original sin. This decisive yet problematic issue is central to theology, pastoral life and preaching, as well as in the lives of the Church and individuals. It is so problematic that one might be tempted to avoid it altogether. We must be grateful to the author for casting salutary light on this notion. He does so with all due respect for tradition and contemporary contributions. To combine them more fruitfully, he distinguishes between 'the sin of Adam' 'the sins of the world' and 'original sin'. In the same way, he distinguishes between 'beginning and 'origin' and insists on the primacy of love and God's goodness, or the greatness of the human being. Globally, this elucidation is an introduction to a theology of redemption, offering a framework within which we can legitimately approach the mystery of evil. In the author's own words, 'Not reducing original sin to the transmission of some kind of genetic illness allows us to understand that human life cannot be compartmentalized. Life that passes from generation to generation is branded by evil and every child falls heir to it. Children are not guilty of sins they did not commit: they are born innocent, yet marked by the heritage of sin that dwells in all humanity. Baptised, they enter into the communion of saints which roots the child in the life God offers, Trinitarian life. It is important to go on calling that heritage 'sin' for words like 'injury' or 'tendencies to wrong' are not strong enough to describe the profound nature of that which destroys humanity: the rupture with God's love and the perversion of our vocation to live 'in His image and likeness'."
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PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Jean-Michel Maldamé |
Collection | Cogitatio Fidei |
Parution | 15/05/2008 |
Format | 13.5 x 21.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 429g |
EAN13 | 9782204085731 |
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