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Subject: Re: Benjamin Britten's pagan? carol
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    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

Indeed.  There is a school of Catholic theology that believes that the
Incarnation would have happened whether Adam fell or not.  They do not
see the main purpose of the Incarnation in the Redemption, but in the
reign of Christ over all creation, if I recall correctly.

Joe Buehler