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Blessed Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on Nature and Grace
5th c.
Classic translation
Public domain
Dogmatic & Doctrinal · English translation, 1890
Read in English
Contents
Title Page
Extract From Augustin’s Retractations
Note on the Following Work
Argument
The Occasion of Publishing This Work; What God’s Righteousness Is
Faith in Christ Not Necessary to Salvation, If a Man Without It Can Lead a…
Nature Was Created Sound and Whole; It Was Afterwards Corrupted by Sin
Free Grace
It Was a Matter of Justice That All Should Be Condemned
The Pelagians Have Very Strong and Active Minds
He Proceeds to Confute the Work of Pelagius; He Refrains as Yet From Mentioning…
A Distinction Drawn by Pelagius Between the Possible and Actual
Even They Who Were Not Able to Be Justified Are Condemned
He Could Not Be Justified, Who Had Not Heard of the Name of Christ; Rendering…
Grace Subtly Acknowledged by Pelagius
In Our Discussions About Grace, We Do Not Speak of That Which Relates to the…
The Scope and Purpose of the Law’s Threatenings; 'Perfect Wayfarers.'
Refutation of Pelagius
Not Everything [Of Doctrinal Truth] is Written in Scripture in So Many Words
Pelagius Corrupts a Passage of the Apostle James by Adding a Note of…
Explanation of This Text Continued
Who May Be Said to Be in the Flesh
Sins of Ignorance; To Whom Wisdom is Given by God on Their Requesting It
What Prayer Pelagius Would Admit to Be Necessary
Pelagius Denies That Human Nature Has Been Depraved or Corrupted by Sin
How Our Nature Could Be Vitiated by Sin, Even Though It Be Not a Substance
Adam Delivered by the Mercy of Christ
Sin and the Penalty of Sin the Same
God Forsakes Only Those Who Deserve to Be Forsaken. We Are Sufficient of…
Christ Died of His Own Power and Choice
Even Evils, Through God’s Mercy, Are of Use
The Disposition of Nearly All Who Go Astray. With Some Heretics Our Business…
A Simile to Show That God’s Grace is Necessary for Doing Any Good Work…
Sin is Removed by Sin
The Order and Process of Healing Our Heavenly Physician Does Not Adopt From the…
God Forsakes Us to Some Extent That We May Not Grow Proud
Not Every Sin is Pride. How Pride is the Commencement of Every Sin
A Man’s Sin is His Own, But He Needs Grace for His Cure
Why God Does Not Immediately Cure Pride Itself. The Secret and Insidious Growth…
Pride Even in Such Things as Are Done Aright Must Be Avoided. Free Will is Not…
Being Wholly Without Sin Does Not Put Man on an Equality With God
We Must Not Lie, Even for the Sake of Moderation. The Praise of Humility Must…
Pelagius Glorifies God as Creator at the Expense of God as Saviour
Why There is a Record in Scripture of Certain Men’s Sins, Recklessness in Sin…
Whether Holy Men Have Died Without Sin
The Blessed Virgin Mary May Have Lived Without Sin. None of the Saints Besides…
Why Scripture Has Not Mentioned the Sins of All
Pelagius Argues That Abel Was Sinless
Why Cain Has Been by Some Thought to Have Had Children by His Mother Eve. The…
Shall We Follow Scripture, or Add to Its Declarations?
For What Pelagius Thought That Christ is Necessary to Us
How the Term ‘All’ Is to Be Understood
A Man Can Be Sinless, But Only by the Help of Grace. In the Saints This…
God Commands No Impossibilities
State of the Question Between the Pelagians and the Catholics. Holy Men of Old…
The Whole Discussion is About Grace
Pelagius Distinguishes Between a Power and Its Use
There is No Incompatibility Between Necessity and Free Will
The Same Continued
The Assistance of Grace in a Perfect Nature
It Does Not Detract From God’s Almighty Power, That He is Incapable of Either…
Even Pious and God-Fearing Men Resist Grace
In What Sense Pelagius Attributed to God’s Grace the Capacity of Not Sinning
Pelagius Admits ‘Contrary Flesh’ In the Unbaptized
Paul Asserts That the Flesh is Contrary Even in the Baptized
Concerning What Grace of God is Here Under Discussion. The Ungodly Man, When…
Does God Create Contraries?
Pelagius’ Admission as Regards the Unbaptized, Fatal
'This Body of Death,' So Called From Its Defect, Not From Its Substance
The Works, Not the Substance, of the 'Flesh' Opposed to the 'Spirit.'
Who May Be Said to Be Under the Law
Despite the Devil, Man May, by God’s Help, Be Perfected
Pelagius Puts Nature in the Place of Grace
Whether Any Man is Without Sin in This Life
Augustin Replies Against the Quotations Which Pelagius Had Advanced Out of the…
Hilary. The Pure in Heart Blessed. The Doing and Perfecting of Righteousness
He Meets Pelagius With Another Passage From Hilary
Ambrose
Augustin Adduces in Reply Some Other Passages of Ambrose
John of Constantinople
Xystus
Jerome
A Certain Necessity of Sinning
Augustin Himself. Two Methods Whereby Sins, Like Diseases, Are Guarded Against
Augustin Quotes Himself on Free Will
How to Exhort Men to Faith, Repentance, and Advancement
God Enjoins No Impossibility, Because All Things Are Possible and Easy to Love
The Degrees of Love Are Also Degrees of Holiness