Ad Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism
From the mid-390s, as later transmitted, Augustine teaches that all are bound in Adam and that infants need baptism against inherited guilt. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.
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From the mid-390s, as later transmitted, Augustine teaches that all are bound in Adam and that infants need baptism against inherited guilt. The instrument is that doctrinal heading. He presents it as Paul read in Latin Africa, not as a laboratory series. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: He wrote the theology. Later pastors applied it to infants. He did not run a modern clinic. High on the texts; medium on unique later stigma coefficients.
Context
Simplicianus of Milan is a named addressee of the 396 book. Sharing Pauline interpretation with that bishop is required. Pelagian controversy after 412 is the fight that hardens the heading. The setting of Ad Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism is the public file around 0396-01-01. Driver protection-of-minority-rights is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Why it matters
Worsening path from Ad Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism on 0396-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Confessions narrates the turn; Ad Simplicianum is an early systematic neighbour. Mixed effects of Ad Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism are separate paths.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Augustine Of Hippo
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.44 · verified
He wrote the theology. Later pastors applied it to infants. He did not run a modern clinic. High on the texts; medium on unique later stigma coefficients.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactAd Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism
- weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
- strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 January 396 · verified
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Pelagianism / AugustineEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, original sin / graceStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, original sin / grace at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Britannica — original sin / Augustine neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, original sin / grace (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Britannica — original sin / Augustine neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Established: a sourced public record of Ad Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism under 0396-01-01 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of Ad Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism under 0396-01-01.
Shared responsibility is part of Ad Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0396-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorAugustine Of Hippo
- contributed toFactAd Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism
- weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
- strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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Factrail. (2026). Ad Simplicianum and later anti-Pelagian books teach inherited guilt and infant need of baptism. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/au-original-sin
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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