sinned the very first sin being seminally existent and present; and this first sin is deservedly imputed to them, because in this generic manner it was committed by them. (DT: 435) This version of realism, shared by Shedd and Strong, is distinct from the common nature version (although, I suppose, one could hold both together, and it seems at times that Shedd did, indeed, hold something like a combination of both views).24 The common nature version of Augustinian realism preserves the central idea