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In Hebrews, then, where generation is the subject, many are said to have arisen ‘from one.’ In Romans, however, where the apostle discusses sin, he says sin entered ‘through one man.’ (Hebrews 11:12) By that number he taught with complete clarity that he meant nothing about generation (Romans 5:12).
Ad Hebraeos ergo, ubi de generatione sermo est, ex uno dicuntur multi exstitisse, ad Romanos autem, ubi de peccato Apostolus loquitur, per unum hominem ait intrasse peccatum, quo numero absolutissime se nihil de generatione sensisse perdocuit.