Romans 5:14 (WEB)
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
Catechism · 1
“Although to some extent the People of God in the Old Testament had tried to understand the pathos of the human condition in the light of the history of the fall narrated in Genesis, they could not grasp this story's ultimate meaning, which is revealed only in the light of the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 5:12-21.
Fathers and councils · 22
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.40Book IV
“For “in Adam” (as the Scripture says) “all die,” and were condemned in the likeness of Adam’s transgression, the word of God asserting this not so much of one particular individual as of the whole human race.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xv. 22 with Rom. v. 14.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“…showing, death has not been vanquished, which “reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“Hence also was Adam himself termed by Paul “the figure of Him that was to come,” because the Word, the Maker of all things, had formed beforehand for Himself the future dispensation of the human race, connected with the Son of God; God…” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
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Jerome
“And “Death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam’s transgression.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“…the first Adam there were both sheep and goats, and that of those who were in one and the same man, some stood on the right hand of God, others on the left:“For from Adam even until Moses death reigned over all, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam’s transgression.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“Sinners are estranged from the womb; that is, either, as St. Paul says (Rom. v. 14), they sin “after the similitude of Adam”; or, “when Christ, as the firstborn, opened the virgin’s womb” (Exod. xiii. 2).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“The Gospel trumpet will reply, the teacher of the Gentiles, the golden vessel shining throughout the world: “Death reigned from Adam even unto Moses: even over those who did not sin after the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of Him that was to come.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“For, as the apostle says, “death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“For “death reigned from Adam to Moses even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And then, from Adam unto Moses death reigned; but the presence of the Word abolished death.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“And the saints, being sensible of this, said, ‘Except the Lord had helped me, my soul had almost dwelt in hell..’” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14; Luke xxiii. 43; Ps. xciv. 17
Read the whole comment“…and from thenceforth no longer remained as they were made, but were being corrupted according to their devices; and death had the mastery over them as king.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…as far as words go, His never-ending sovereignty, come then, let us read the like expressions in the Apostle: Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam till Moses.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14. “ἄχρι from ἄκρος, as μέχρι from μῆκος, μακρός” (L. and Sc.). It is not always possible to mark this distinction in translation: cf. Lobeck,…
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Augustine of Hippo
“Now it reigned “after the similitude of Adam’s transgression,” as the same Apostle saith; for it must be taken of the period up to Moses, up to which time the works of the law, that is, those sacraments of carnal observance, held even those bound, for the sake of a certain mystery, who were subject to the One God.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“And Adam slept, when out of his side was made Eve.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“All was mystically prefigured.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
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John Chrysostom
“Exactly as he also says in another place, “Who is the figure of him that was to come,” ( Rom. v. 14 ,) when he is speaking about Adam and Christ in the Epistle to the Romans; calling Christ according to the flesh “Him that was to come” in respect of the times of Adam, (for [then] He was to come).” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
“This man with an unclean spirit is the human race, in which uncleanness reigned from Adam to Moses; [Rom 5:14] for “they sinned without law,” and “perished without law.” [Rom 2:12] and he, knowing the Holy One of God, is ordered to hold his peace, for they…” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“So Adam was a type of “Him that was to come.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
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Aphrahat
“They know that by the sentence of judgment death has held sway, because Adam transgressed the commandment; as the Apostle said:—Death ruled from Adam unto Moses even over those who sinned not, so that also upon all the children of Adam it passed, even as it passed upon Adam.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14, 12.
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Hippolytus of Rome
““Sin, then, reigned from Adam unto Moses,” as it has been written.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 14.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…peccatum ingressum est in mundum, per peccaturn quoque mors ad omnes homines pervasit, quatenus omnes peccaverunt; et regnavit mors ab Adam usque ad Moysen,” inquit Apostolus: naturali autem divinæ ceconomiæ necessitate mors sequitur generationem: et corporis et animæ conjunctionem consequitur eorum dissolutio.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 12–14.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.13.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.13.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.40.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.13.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.13.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §388.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).