Augustine was unable to check this translation "in whom (Adam) all sinned" against the original Greek text because he could not read Greek. He complained that he had not learned it because he disliked his Greek tutor.
Was it a command??
I disagree. He says he is guilty of sin, then says he was born into it. Whether his mother sinned or not was beside the point, he is talking about his own sin and his own sin condition. My point was there is no conjecture (like his mother sinning) that can account for his words. Some of your verses, to me, look exactly like we are born with a sin condtion:
It isn't that I'm unwilling to discuss it, but rather, that for me Christology is a major doctrine, all of its own and even after discussing it, we'd not know for sure how much of Him was unique, and how much could possibly apply to this discussion.
Sure I can. If Peter could, all it takes is the One in Whom he had faith.
So my children could love the Lord their God with all of their being, and could love their neighbor as self?
I said Jesus said not to hinder them from coming to Him. I simply trust Him. Even my own infants weren't really mine. They are His. That's my doctrine.
Nope; toddlers do not...go to hell.
Romans 9:11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth
Obviously, neither do the aborted.
In fact, the heinous Rove v Wade, has actually only ended up building up the Body of Christ.
The irony of God's determined will - that to even oppose His will ends up to His desire.
Matthew 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Why did you doubt? Welcome back.
