Lutherans

Description: Protestant movement; referenced through Matthias Flacius Illyricus whose teaching on original sin is condemned

Protestant movement. Referenced through Matthias Flacius Illyricus, whose teaching that original sin substantially transformed man into an image of the devil is condemned as impious and foolish.

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness — The Lutheran Matthias Flacius Illyricus teaches that original sin transformed man into a substantial image of the devil
"Impious therefore and foolish is the opinion of Matthias Flacius Illyricus the Lutheran, who says that the image of God in man was so corrupted by sin that man was substantially transformed into a living and substantial image of the devil"