Adam and Eve were created, but their posterity is the result of procreation. Since we neither have access to the tree of life nor has procreation endowed us with immortal bodies, we are subject to death, too. In this way we can easily understand . . . Obviously, death and mortality, as a consequence of Adam s sin, are universally experienced by mankind. Frequently, the consequences of one s actions, good or bad, are experienced by others.
Man is a dual being, both physical and spiritual.
He inherits his physical, mortal body through procreation from Adam. Therefore, since God is pure and sinless, the soul each person inherits from God is at first also pure and sinless. Adam s infamous gift to humanity, as a consequence of his sin, is death. However, Adam and Eve alone were guilty of that sin. Each of us is guilty only for his own sins.