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Ancestral VS. Original Sin: A False Dichotomy

April 25, 2015 By EO Leave a Comment

Ancestral VS. Original Sin: A False Dichotomy

by EPHREM HUGH BENSUSAN  [Thanks Ephrem ! underlines are mine.– RAS]   [source] In the current debate over the Orthodox view of Original Sin, one popular entry is Ancestral Versus Original Sin: An Overview with Implications for Psychotherapy by the Very Rev. Fr. Antony Hughes, rector of St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The […]

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