“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned. The doctrine of original sin: one man (Adam, implied) introduced sin and death into the cosmos. Death is the consequence; it spread to all humanity because all sinned. The universality of sin and death reflects the solidarity of humanity with Adam's transgression.
Church Fathers on Romans 5:12
As the best physicians always take great pains to discover the source of diseases, and go to the very fountain of the mischief, so does the blessed Paul also. Hence after having said that we were justified, and having shown it from the Patriarch, and from the Spirit, and from the dying of Christ (for He would not have died unless He intended to justify), he next confirms from other sources also what he had at such length demonstrated. And he confirms his proposition from…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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