stackyFACTSThese deeply influential texts from late antiquity pushed the incredibly grim idea that the human soul is utterly shattered and bleeding out from the fall of man.
These deeply influential texts from late antiquity pushed the incredibly grim idea that the human soul is utterly shattered and bleeding out from the fall of man. The only possible remedy involves a lifetime of grueling internal weeping and begging for a tiny drop of divine grace. It is a highly pessimistic, brutally harsh take on human nature that essentially views everyone as a walking, heavily infected spiritual wound.
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