Pope St. Zosimus from the Council of Carthage 418
The canons are thought to have originated at the Council
of Mileum II
held in 416. They were subsequently approved by Pope St.
Innocent and
by the Council of Carthage XVI, which was approved by
Pope St. Zosimus.
Canon 1. All the bishops established in the sacred synod of the
Carthaginian
Church have decided that whoever says that Adam, the first man,
was
made mortal, so that, whether he sinned or whether he did
not sin, he
would die in body, that is he would go out of the body
not because of
the merit of sin but by reason of the necessity of nature, let
him be
anathema.
Pope St. Zosimus
Pope
St. Innocent I
Reigned
401-17
Reigned 417-18