Original Sin: A Cultural History Fiction Eager to help the tormented

Eager to help the tormented young man

' -- BRUCE RILEY ASHFORD

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Original Sin: A Cultural History Fiction Eager to help the tormentedEssayist and biographer Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one. As G. K. Chesterton explains, "Only with original sin can we at once pity the beggar and distrust the king." Do we arrive in this world predisposed to evil? St. Augustine passionately argued that we do; his opponents thought the notion was an insult to a good God. Ever since Augustine, the church has