147 CAIN
IS NOT DAMNED . . . OR HE IS
1.
Jerome
to Damasus: (Hier., Epist. (ad Damasum) 36.5; PL 22.455) Therefore,
just as the sin of Cain was absolved in the seventh generation, the Lord will
not judge him twice, and one who receives evils once in his life, will not
suffer the same tortures in death, which he suffered in life, etc.
2.
Gregory
Moralia, book six: (Greg., Moralia vi.6, 7; PL 75:732 D) (Jb 5.3):
“I saw the foot with firm foot and immediately cursed his beauty”. It is
written that Cain first built a city, so it might be shown plainly that he, who
was alien from the solidity of the heavenly country, placed a foundation on
earth. (Yes and No: The Complete English Translation of Peter Abelard’s Sic
Et Non [trans. Priscilla Throop; 2d ed.; Charlotte, Vt.: MedievalMS, 2008],
396)
Further
Reading:
Mormonr (B. H.
Roberts Foundation, “Cain
and Bigfoot” (cf. Primary Sources)
