Second Council Of Orange On Adam And Christ

CANON 15. Adam was changed, but for the worse, through his own iniquity from what God made him.  Through the grace of God the believer is changed, but for the better, from what his iniquity has done for him.  The one, therefore, was the change brought about by the first sinner; the other, according to the Psalmist, is the change of the right hand of the Most High (Ps. 77:10).

CANON 16. No man shall be honored by his seeming attainment, as though it were not a gift, or suppose that he has received it because a missive from without stated it in writing or in speech.  For the Apostle speaks thus, “For if justification were through the law, then Christ died to no purpose” (Gal. 2:21); and “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men” (Eph. 4:8, quoting Ps. 68:18).  It is from this source that any man has what he does; but whoever denies that he has it from this source either does not truly have it, or else “even what he has will be taken away” (Matt. 25:29). Read More»

—Canons And Decrees Of The Second Council Of Orange, (AD 529)

 

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