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Recently (03/18/1995), I found reading the work intuitive and immersive thanks to Elaine Pagels, "Adam, Eve and the serpent," Vintage Books: New York (1988), 189 pages.
The book is one of those rare academic books that can be easily digested by the general public takes a very especially the study of Adam and Eve as they ascend and descend in the Garden of Eden. The current thesis is that most sexual attitudes flow interpretations of Christianity, the Garden of Eden and the events of the subtle intrusion of a "beast" Serpent in the "Good" Harmony of Adam and Eve. Most of the book is devoted to the debate between Augustine and Julian of how these events should be understood and communicated to believers.
For those familiar with Christianity in the West, St. Augustine is one of the owners of theologians both Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. Augustine wrote helped form medieval Christianity against many who are called heresies and his "Confessions" and "City of God" are the basic texts for an overview of medieval Christendom. On interest especially the teaching of St. Augustine Pagels to as the descendants of Adam and Eve, original sin is necessary. Augustine said that when Adam and Eve sinned, theology continues to discuss exactly what sin was, Pagels argues that the nature has been sexual that sin to all humanity and all humans of the future contained in the semen of Adam and thus all human beings are born in sin and needs the church and government to protect humanity against itself. Martin Luther would be much later, Development this concept in his doctrine of two kingdoms. Therefore, for Augustine, there is no salvation outside the church and the world without the government would be in anarchy (those that require government bailouts and government regulation Wall Street can quote St. Augustine as an authority.).
Opposing view is that of Julian Augustine, who argued that, if Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, which is the particular sin, Adam and Eve and not to curse all of humanity because humans have free will which means that humans can choose whether the decision right or bad decisions and how they can do both inside and outside the church. In addition, Julian has said that humanity did not need any external force to convince mankind to do good or evil.
It is easy to understand why the vision Augustine has been accepted by the privileges Augustine Julian presence and role of the Church in the process of salvation and the church entrance and government in the lives of individuals and groups. As noted by John Calvin, human beings and the world are condemned by original sin of the first pair and only a few are "chosen" by God in Christ is saved from eternal flames.
Another contribution of Augustine is the greatest influence sexual desire in human beings and an emphasis on Pauline passages that verify the human pulse. The book is full of stories early Christians, like Perpetua and Myedonia, who fought to adopt in their life, Paul's instruction that it was better not to marry and even if you were married it was better to live as if you were not married.
Pagels traces the development of Christian celibacy among both married and unmarried, and shows how Christianity has been and remains obsessed with matters of sex and sexuality. For now, if celibacy is better than Paul and Jesus suggest, then, is God's plan for the perpetuation of the human race? Pagels refers to this issue but no response. She suggests that if Adam and Eve sinned, God would have provided a way for humans to "multiply", but does not say what method could have been.
However, Adam and Eve sinned and as human beings reproduce by sex, Pagels gives no comfort to those who seek to live faithfully as you enjoy your sexuality. Therefore, reading the book avidly was upset and frustrated at the end when I found myself having more questions than when I started reading this book fascinating and informative. However, I highly recommend the book.
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