A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians
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5th c. · Polemics & Heresiology · English translation, 1890
Source edition: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I (ed. Philip Schaff, 1886–90)
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Contents
- Extract From Augustin’s Retractations
- Book 1
- Introduction
- Chapter 1.—Introduction: Address to Boniface
- 2. Why Heretical Writings Must Be Answered
- 3. Why He Addresses His Book to Boniface
- The Calumny of Julian,—That the Catholics Teach That Free Will is Taken Away by…
- 5. Free Choice Did Not Perish With Adam ’s Sin. What Freedom Did Perish
- Grace is Not Given According to Merits
- 7. He Concludes that He Does Not Deprive the Wicked of Free Will
- The Pelagians Demolish Free Will
- Another Calumny of Julian,—That 'It is Said That Marriage is Not Appointed by…
- 10. The Third Calumny,—The Assertion that Conjugal Intercourse is Condemned
- The Purpose of the Pelagians in Praising the Innocence of Conjugal Intercourse
- 12. The Fourth Calumny,—That the Saints of the Old Testament are Said to Be Not…
- The Fifth Calumny,—That It is Said That Paul and the Rest of the Apostles Were…
- 14. That the Apostle is Speaking in His Own Person and that of Others Who Are…
- He Sins in Will Who is Only Deterred From Sinning by Fear
- 16. How Sin Died, and How It Revived
- 'The Law is Spiritual, But I Am Carnal,' To Be Understood of Paul
- 18. How the Apostle Said that He Did the Evil that He Would Not
- 19. What It is to Accomplish What is Good
- 20. In Me, that Is, in My Flesh
- 21. No Condemnation in Christ Jesus
- 22. Why the Passage Referred to Must Be Understood of a Man Established Under…
- What It is to Be Delivered From the Body of This Death
- 24. He Concludes that the Apostle Spoke in His Own Person, and that of Those…
- The Sixth Calumny,—That Augustin Asserts That Even Christ Was Not Free From Sins
- The Seventh Calumny,—That Augustin Asserts That in Baptism All Sins Are Not…
- 27. In What Sense Lust is Called Sin in the Regenerate
- Many Without Crime, None Without Sin
- Julian Opposes the Faith of His Friends to the Opinions of Catholic Believers…
- Chapter 30.—Secondly, of Marriage
- Chapter 31.—Thirdly, of Conjugal Intercourse
- The Aprons Which Adam and Eve Wore
- Chapter 33.—The Shame of Nakedness
- Whether There Could Be Sensual Appetite in Paradise Before the Fall
- 35. Desire in Paradise Was Either None at All, or It Was Obedient to the…
- Julian’s Fourth Objection, That Man is God’s Work, and is Not Constrained to…
- The Beginning of a Good Will is the Gift of Grace
- The Power of God’s Grace is Proved
- Julian’s Fifth Objection Concerning the Saints of the Old Testament
- The Sixth Objection, Concerning the Necessity of Grace for All, and Concerning…
- The Seventh Objection, of the Effect of Baptism
- He Rebuts the Conclusion of Julian’s Letter
- Book 2
- Introduction
- 1. Introduction; The Pelagians Impeach Catholics as Manicheans
- The Heresies of the Manicheans and Pelagians Are Mutually Opposed, and Are…
- 3. How Far the Manicheans and Pelagians are Joined in Error; How Far They are…
- Chapter 4.—The Two Contrary Errors
- The Calumny of the Pelagians Against the Clergy of the Roman Church
- What Was Done in the Case of Cœlestius and Zosimus
- 7. He Suggests a Dilemma to Cœlestius
- 8. The Catholic Faith Concerning Infants
- He Replies to the Calumnies of the Pelagians
- 10. Why the Pelagians Falsely Accuse Catholics of Maintaining Fate Under the…
- The Accusation of Fate is Thrown Back Upon the Adversaries
- 12. What is Meant Under the Name of Fate
- He Repels the Calumny Concerning the Acceptance of Persons
- 14. He Illustrates His Argument by an Example
- 15. The Apostle Meets the Question by Leaving It Unsolved
- 16. The Pelagians are Refuted by the Case of the Twin Infants Dying, the One…
- Even the Desire of an Imperfect Good is a Gift of Grace, Otherwise Grace Would…
- 18. The Desire of Good is God’s Gift
- He Interprets the Scriptures Which the Pelagians Make Ill Use Of
- 20. God’s Agency is Needful Even in Man’s Doings
- 21. Man Does No Good Thing Which God Does Not Cause Him to Do
- According to Whose Purpose the Elect Are Called
- 23. Nothing is Commanded to Man Which is Not Given by God
- Book 3.
- Introduction
- Statement
- The Misrepresentation of the Pelagians Concerning the Use of the Old Law
- 3. Scriptural Confirmation of the Catholic Doctrine
- Misrepresentation Concerning the Effect of Baptism
- 5. Baptism Puts Away All Sins, But It Does Not at Once Heal All Infirmities
- The Calumny Concerning the Old Testament and the Righteous Men of Old
- 7. The New Testament is More Ancient Than the Old; But It Was Subsequently…
- 8. All Righteous Men Before and After Abraham are Children of the Promise and…
- 9. Who are the Children of the Old Covenant
- 10. The Old Law Also Given by God
- 11. Distinction Between the Children of the Old and of the New Testaments
- 12. The Old Testament is Properly One Thing—The Old Instrument Another
- 13. Why One of the Covenants is Called Old, the Other New
- Calumny Concerning the Righteousness of the Prophets and Apostles
- 15. The Perfection of Apostles and Prophets
- Misrepresentation Concerning Sin in Christ
- Their Calumny About the Fulfilment of Precepts in the Life to Come
- 18. Perfection of Righteousness and Full Security Was Not Even in Paul in This…
- 19. In What Sense the Righteousness of Man in This Life is Said to Be Perfect
- 20. Why the Righteousness Which is of the Law is Valued Slightly by Paul
- 21. That Righteousness is Never Perfected in This Life
- 22. Nature of Human Righteousness and Perfection
- 23. There is No True Righteousness Without the Faith of the Grace of Christ
- There Are Three Principal Heads in the Pelagian Heresy
- He Shows That the Opinion of the Catholics is the Mean Between That of the…
- The Pelagians Still Strive After a Hiding-Place, by Introducing the Needless…
- Book 4
- Introduction
- The Subterfuges of the Pelagians Are Five
- The Praise of the Creature
- The Catholics Praise Nature, Marriage, Law, Free Will, and the Saints, in Such…
- Pelagians and Manicheans on the Praise of the Creature
- 5. What is the Special Advantage in the Pelagian Opinions?
- 6. Not Death Alone, But Sin Also Has Passed into Us by Means of Adam
- What is the Meaning of ‘In Whom All Have Sinned’?
- 8. Death Passed Upon All by Sin
- Of the Praise of Marriage
- 10. Of the Praise of the Law
- 11. The Pelagians Understand that the Law Itself is God’s Grace
- Of the Praise of Free Will
- 13. God’s Purposes are Effects of Grace
- 14. The Testimonies of Scripture in Favour of Grace
- 15. From Such Scriptures Grace is Proved to Be Gratuitous and Effectual
- 16. Why God Makes of Some Sheep, Others Not
- Of the Praise of the Saints
- 18. The Opinion of the Saints Themselves About Themselves
- 19. The Craft of the Pelagians
- The Testimonies of the Ancients Against the Pelagians
- 21. Pelagius, in Imitation of Cyprian, Wrote a Book of Testimonies
- Chapter 22.—Further References to Cyprian
- Chapter 23.—Further References to Cyprian
- 24. The Dilemma Proposed to the Pelagians
- Cyprian’s Testimonies Concerning God’s Grace
- 26. Further Appeals to Cyprian’s Teaching
- Cyprian’s Testimonies Concerning the Imperfection of Our Own Righteousness
- Chapter 28.—Cyprian’s Orthodoxy Undoubted
- The Testimonies of Ambrose Against the Pelagians and First of All Concerning…
- 30. The Testimonies of Ambrose Concerning God’s Grace
- 31. The Testimonies of Ambrose on the Imperfection of Present Righteousness
- The Pelagian’s Heresy Arose Long After Ambrose
- 33. Opposition of the Manichean and Catholic Dogmas
- 34. The Calling Together of a Synod Not Always Necessary to the Condemnation of…