ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 15 v22b

RAISED IN CHRIST. AMBROSIASTER: Adam died because he sinned, and so Christ, who was without sin, overcame death, in that death comes from sin. Everyone, the righteous and the unrighteous alike, dies in Adam, and everyone, believers and unbelievers alike, will also be raised in Christ. But the unbelievers will be handed over for punishment, even though they appear to have been raised from the dead, because they will receive their bodies back again in order to suffer eternal punishment for their unbelief. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

NO ETERNAL LIFE EXCEPT IN CHRIST. AUGUSTINE: No human enters into death except through Adam and no one into eternal life except through Christ. This is the meaning of that repeated phrase all, because as all men belong to Adam through their first or carnal birth, so all men who belong to Christ come to the second or spiritual birth. Therefore he says “all” in both places because as all who die die only in Adam, so all who will be made alive will not be made alive except in Christ. LETTER 167, TO JEROME 21.

THE RESURRECTION OF THE WICKED NOT INCLUDED. AUGUSTINE: Notice how he emphasizes “one” and “one,” that is Adam and Christ, the former for condemnation, the latter for justification. … Obviously he is speaking of the resurrection of the just where there is life eternal, not of the resurrection of the wicked where there will be eternal death. Those who “shall be made alive” are contrasted with the others who will be damned. LETTER 157, TO HILARIUS.

NONE EXCEPT THROUGH THAT DOOR. AUGUSTINE: We commonly say that all enter a certain house through one door, not because all humanity enters that house but because no one enters except through that door. It is in this sense that as all die in Adam so do all those who live live in Christ. … Aside from the one Mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus, there is no other name under heaven whereby we must be saved. AGAINST JULIAN 24.

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