Home›Open Questions›How much of the Greek and Latin divergence over inherited guilt is patristic, and how much is a modern construction?Open QuestionsHow much of the Greek and Latin divergence over inherited guilt is patristic, and how much is a modern construction?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "How much of the Greek and Latin divergence over inherited guilt is patristic, and how much is a modern construction?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/how-much-of-the-greek-and-latin-divergence-over-inherited-guilt-is-patristic-and-how-much-is-a-modern-construction.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). How much of the Greek and Latin divergence over inherited guilt is patristic, and how much is a modern construction?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/how-much-of-the-greek-and-latin-divergence-over-inherited-guilt-is-patristic-and-how-much-is-a-modern-constructionCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-how-much-of-the-greek-and-latin-divergen, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {How much of the Greek and Latin divergence over inherited guilt is patristic, and how much is a modern construction?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/how-much-of-the-greek-and-latin-divergence-over-inherited-guilt-is-patristic-and-how-much-is-a-modern-construction}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionTwentieth century Orthodox theology drew the contrast strongly and rested a great deal of it on the reading of a single clause of Romans 5:12. Other scholars hold the difference is overdrawn, and that Greek writers do at times speak of an inherited culpability. Both positions are held now, and the atlas carries the fact as debated rather than choosing between them.What would resolve this A systematic survey of the Greek patristic corpus for language of inherited culpability, conducted independently of the Romans 5:12 reading, with the Latin material read on the same terms and by the same criteria.OpenPatristics; historical theologyDivinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First EditionCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnSin as Illness in Orthodox Theology, Doctrines Well-attested Source Divinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First Editiontier 1SourcesDivinity Atlas Open Questions Register, First Editiontier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year