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Updated: May 10, 2025

This follows from that maxim of jurisprudence, from that dictate of common-sense, that a rule of law is coëxtensive with the reason upon which it is based. Hence, as Wiggers remarks: “Augustine thought it not improbable that the sins of ancestors universally are imputed to their descendants.” This conclusion is clearly set forth in the extracts made by the translator of Wiggers.

Albert Taylor Bledsoe - A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory