Tag: Golgotha

  • The Crucifixion, Adam and the Tree of Eden

    The Crucifixion, Adam and the Tree of Eden

    Numerous Christian authors from the third and fourth century onwards made the connection between the crucifixion, Golgotha and Adam. The church father Origen (185 – 254 CE) wrote, ‘I have received a tradition to the effect that the body of Adam, the first man, was buried upon the spot where Christ was crucified.’ (Commentary on…