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Subject: Re: Benjamin Britten's pagan? carol
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In article <Jul.8.00.27.23.1990.6053@athos.rutgers.edu> billmc@microsoft.UUCP (Bill MCJOHN) writes:
>
>Yes.  'O happy fault of Adam, that gained for the world so great
>a Redeemer!'  Although the disobedience of Adam and Eve brought
>sin and death into the world, it also led to the Incarnation of 
>Christ.  And therefore, we sing 'Deo gratias!'


It is not an article of the Catholic Faith that Adam's sin was a
prerequisite to Jesus' Incarnation.  However, it may be piously
believed.

Chris

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