Christ as the Second Adam
Where the first man fell, a new Man stands — obedience reversing the ancient disobedience
Christ as the Second Adam is the teaching that Jesus is the new head of humanity whose obedience and life undo the disobedience and death brought by the first Adam. Paul develops the parallel in Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15, and Irenaeus expanded it into his theme of "recapitulation," in which Christ retraces and heals the whole human story. The contrast holds that what was lost in Adam is restored and surpassed in Christ.
How it traveled
- RomansCorinth · 67explains
- 1 CorinthiansEphesus · 67explains
- HebrewsRome · 67explains
- ActsRome · 84explains
- RevelationPatmos · 100explains
- Dialogue with TryphoRome · 165explains
- Against Heresies: Book VLyons · 202explains
- Against Heresies: Book IIILyons · 202explains
- Against Heresies: Book IVLyons · 202explains
- The Gospel of Nicodemus; Part II.--Christ's Descent into Hell: Latin. First Version.— · 220applies
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh.— · 220explains
- On the Flesh of Christ.— · 220explains
- Aphrahat: Select DemonstrationsMosul · 345explains
- Ephraim Syrus: The Nisibene HymnsEdessa · 373explains
- Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the FleshEdessa · 373explains
- Ephraim Syrus: Fifteen Hymns For the Feast of the EpiphanyEdessa · 373explains
- Ephraim Syrus: Three HomiliesEdessa · 373explains
- The Catechetical Lectures of S. CyrilJerusalem · 386explains
- Select Orations of Saint Gregory NazianzenNazianzus · 390explains
- Against EunomiusNyssa · 395explains
- The Homilies of St. John ChrysostomConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the HebrewsConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- A Commentary on the Acts of the ApostlesConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Homilies on First CorinthiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the RomansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. JohnConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and ThessaloniansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and EphesiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · 430explains
- Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. JohnHippo Regius · 430explains
Key passages(20)
Against Heresies: Book V · Irenaeus of Lyons
Homilies on First Corinthians · John Chrysostom
Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John · Augustine of Hippo
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
A Treatise on the Spirit and the Letter · Augustine of Hippo
Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh · Ephrem the Syrian
The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards
A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin · Augustine of Hippo
Against Heresies: Book III · Irenaeus of Lyons
Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator · John Calvin
Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John · Augustine of Hippo
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans · John Chrysostom
The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards
The great christian doctrine of original sin defended · Jonathan Edwards
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
Against Heresies: Book III · Irenaeus of Lyons
Against Heresies: Book V · Irenaeus of Lyons
Against Heresies: Book V · Irenaeus of Lyons