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own sin and not another s for which he is responsible in his
responsibility for original sin (De Pec. Oriy. c. 2.) ; a posi
tion to which he proceeds to give further, and very strong
and exact expression : Originale peccatum esse injustitiam
dubitari non debet. Narn si omne peccatum injustitia, et
originale peccatum utique est et injustitia. Sed si dicit
aliquis : non est omne peccatum injustitia, dicat posse
simul in aliquo et esse peccatum, et nullam esse
injusti
tiam : quod videtur incredibile. Si vero dicitur originale
peccatum non esse absolute dicendum peccatum, sed cum
additamento, originale peccatum, sicut pictus homo non
vere homo est, sed vere est pictus homo, profecto sequitur
quia infans qui nullum habet peccatum nisi originale
mundus est a peccato Quare omne peccatum est
injustitia, et originale peccatum est absolute -C. 3.
peccatum.
Aquinas is against the imputation of another s act for
the purpose of guilt, though he allows it for that of satis
faction :
6 Dicendum quod si loquamur de pnena satisfac-
toria, qua3 vomntarie assumitur, contingit quod cum unus
portet poenam alterius, in quantum sunt quodammodo
unum. Si autem loquimur de poana pro peccato inflicta,
in quantum habet rationem poenre, sic solum unusquisque
pro peccato suo punitur, quia actus peccati aliquid pcrsonale
eat. 9
Sum. Tlieol. l ma 2 dae Q. 87. Art. 8.
The disputes at the Council of Trent on the subject of
original sin touched more on the extent of the effects of it
than on the rationale of its transmission. But the view
of imputation was maintained by Catarinus against the
Dominicans, who followed the Augustinian
idea of original
sin as real sin in the individual. He oppugned the trans
mission of sin by means of the seed and generation ; saying
that, as, if Adam had not sinned, righteousness
would have
been infused not by virtue of the generation,
but only by
the will of Grod, so it is fit to find another means to trans
fuse sin The action of Adam is actual sin in him,
because when he sinned
and imputed to others is original ;
all men did sin with him. Catarinus
(i.e. by imputation)
grounded himself principally, for that a true and proper sin
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