St Paul's Letter To Romans 12-21

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The fall of our first parents, Adam and Eve, resulted in the loss of preternatural gifts they were created with. Christ as the “new Adam” (cf. Romans 5:14; 1 Cor 15:4) came to make possible once again for us to share in the divine nature (CCC, 460). Also, the coming of Jesus, especially His paschal mystery saves us from sin and enables us to his own sonship and divine life.
St Paul in his letter to the Romans 15:12-21 describes Adam and Christ side by side. When Adam sinned, sin enters the world and brought man to death. On the other side, Christ enters the human history and freely brought grace and forgiveness of sins for justification. Through Christ’s obedience, he countered the disobedience of Adam. With this, St Paul says that through
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