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[4]If belief in the crucifixion of Jesus were the only way to salvation for those living in his
time and those who believe in him afterward, what would be the case of the sinners who
died before Jesus and never had the chance to know him or believe in the crucifixion?
[5]Catholic Teaching, p. 140. The Biblical reference is Romans 5/18-19.
[6]The Atonement, p. 5.
[7]Catholic Teaching, p. 162.
[8]An interesting question arises here: Was Adam's remorse and repentance, his
expulsion from Paradise, the Great Flood and the numerous sacrifices made to God not
a price enough for salvation? What about the sins that are far more horrendous than
Adam's eating of the tree? And how could this mystery of salvation have remained
unknown to all the prophets only to be later discovered by the Church?
[9]If this is the case of a "wicked" person, what would be the case of a righteous person
who commits a sin, like Adam? Would it not be the case that he is more entitled to have
his sin forgiven once he seeks repentance?
[10]The fact that we ought to think well of the disciples of Jesus leaves us with two
conclusions: either this text is another interpolation and was not part of the original text,
or (if it was correct) the disciples run away when they realized that he person to be
crucified was not Jesus himself but rather the person made to look like him.