Theological Theses · §1663 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Rome's doctors agree Adam could avoid death, but dispute whether he could not die

In explaining this, however, the teachers of the Roman Church differ somewhat among themselves. They all agree that Adam in his unfallen state was able not to die, and that had he not sinned he would in fact never have died.

But they dispute whether we should say only that Adam, while he remained upright, was able not to die, or whether we may also say that in that state he was unable to die.

Latin

V. Hac in re tamen explicanda inter Doctores Ecclesiae Romanae notari potest quaedam diversitas. In hoc illi quidem conveniunt omnes Adamum in statu integro potuisse non mori, & revera ni peccasset nunquam fuisse moriturum. Sed inter se disputant An Adam integer manens dici tantum debeat potuisse non mori? Num vero etiam dici possit, illum in isto statu non potuisse mori?

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