A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin
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5th c. · Treatises & Other · 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
- On the Grace of Christ.
- Introduction
- Introductory
- Suspicious Character of Pelagius’ Confession as to the Necessity of Grace for…
- Grace According to the Pelagians
- Chapter 4.—Pelagius’ System of Faculties
- Pelagius’ Own Account of the Faculties, Quoted
- Pelagius and Paul of Different Opinions
- Pelagius Posits God’s Aid Only for Our 'Capacity.'
- 8. Grace, According to the Pelagians, Consists in the Internal and Manifold…
- The Law One Thing, Grace Another. The Utility of the Law
- What Purpose the Law Subserves
- Pelagius’ Definition of How God Helps Us: 'He Promises Us Future Glory.'
- The Same Continued: 'He Reveals Wisdom.'
- Grace Causes Us to Do
- The Righteousness Which is of God, and the Righteousness Which is of the Law
- He Who Has Been Taught by Grace Actually Comes to Christ
- We Need Divine Aid in the Use of Our Powers. Illustration From Sight
- Does Pelagius Designedly Refrain From Openly Saying That All Good Action is…
- He Discovers the Reason of Pelagius’ Hesitation So to Say
- The Two Roots of Action, Love and Cupidity; And Each Brings Forth Its Own Fruit
- How a Man Makes a Good or a Bad Tree
- Love the Root of All Good Things; Cupidity, of All Evil Ones
- Love is a Good Will
- Pelagius’ Double Dealing Concerning the Ground of the Conferrence of Grace
- 24. Pelagius Places Free Will at the Basis of All Turning to God for Grace
- God by His Wonderful Power Works in Our Hearts Good Dispositions of Our Will
- The Pelagian Grace of ‘Capacity’ Exploded. The Scripture Teaches the Need of…
- What True Grace Is, and Wherefore Given. Merits Do Not Precede Grace
- Pelagius Teaches That Satan May Be Resisted Without the Help of the Grace of God
- When He Speaks of God’s Help, He Means It Only to Help Us Do What Without It We…
- What Pelagius Thinks is Needful for Ease of Performance is Really Necessary for…
- Pelagius and Cœlestius Nowhere Really Acknowledge Grace
- 32. Why the Pelagians Deemed Prayers to Be Necessary. The Letter Which Pelagius…
- Pelagius Professes Nothing on the Subject of Grace Which May Not Be Understood…
- 34. Pelagius Says that Grace is Given According to Men’s Merits. The Beginning…
- Pelagius Believes That Infants Have No Sin to Be Remitted in Baptism
- Cœlestius Openly Declares Infants to Have No Original Sin
- Pelagius Nowhere Admits the Need of Divine Help for Will and Action
- A Definition of the Grace of Christ by Pelagius
- A Letter of Pelagius Unknown to Augustin
- The Help of Grace Placed by Pelagius in the Mere Revelation of Teaching
- 41. Restoration of Nature Understood by Pelagius as Forgiveness of Sins
- Grace Placed by Pelagius in the Remission of Sins and the Example of Christ
- The Forgiveness of Sins and Example of Christ Held by Pelagius Enough to Save…
- Pelagius Once More Guards Himself Against the Necessity of Grace
- To What Purpose Pelagius Thought Prayers Ought to Be Offered
- Pelagius Professes to Respect the Catholic Authors
- Ambrose Most Highly Praised by Pelagius
- Ambrose is Not in Agreement With Pelagius
- Ambrose Teaches With What Eye Christ Turned and Looked Upon Peter
- 50. Ambrose Teaches that All Men Need God’s Help
- Ambrose Teaches That It is God That Does for Man What Pelagius Attributes to…
- If Pelagius Agrees With Ambrose, Augustin Has No Controversy With Him
- In What Sense Some Men May Be Said to Live Without Sin in the Present Life
- Ambrose Teaches That No One is Sinless in This World
- Ambrose Witnesses That Perfect Purity is Impossible to Human Nature
- On Original Sin.
- Introduction
- Caution Needed in Attending to Pelagius’ Deliverances on Infant Baptism
- Cœlestius, on His Trial at Carthage, Refuses to Condemn His Error; The Written…
- Part of the Proceedings of the Council of Carthage Against Cœlestius
- 4. Cœlestius Concedes Baptism for Infants, Without Affirming Original Sin
- Cœlestius’ Book Which Was Produced in the Proceedings at Rome
- Cœlestius the Disciple is In This Work Bolder Than His Master
- 7. Pope Zosimus Kindly Excuses Him
- Cœlestius Condemned by Zosimus
- Pelagius Deceived the Council in Palestine, But Was Unable to Deceive the…
- The Judgment of Innocent Respecting the Proceedings in Palestine
- How That Pelagius Deceived the Synod of Palestine
- A Portion of the Proceedings of the Synod of Palestine in the Cause of Pelagius
- Cœlestius the Bolder Heretic; Pelagius the More Subtle
- He Shows That, Even After the Synod of Palestine, Pelagius Held the Same…
- Pelagius by His Mendacity and Deception Stole His Acquittal From the Synod in…
- Pelagius’ Fraudulent and Crafty Excuses
- 17. How Pelagius Deceived His Judges
- The Condemnation of Pelagius
- 19. Pelagius’ Attempt to Deceive the Apostolic See; He Inverts the Bearings of…
- 20. Pelagius Provides a Refuge for His Falsehood in Ambiguous Subterfuges
- Pelagius Avoids the Question as to Why Baptism is Necessary for Infants
- Another Instance of Pelagius’ Ambiguity
- What He Means by Our Birth to an ‘Uncertain’ Life
- 24. Pelagius’ Long Residence at Rome
- The Condemnation of Pelagius and Cœlestius
- The Pelagians Maintain That Raising Questions About Original Sin Does Not…
- On Questions Outside the Faith—What They Are, and Instances of the Same
- The Heresy of Pelagius and Cœlestius Aims at the Very Foundations of Our Faith
- 29. The Righteous Men Who Lived in the Time of the Law Were for All that Not…
- Pelagius and Cœlestius Deny That the Ancient Saints Were Saved by Christ
- Christ’s Incarnation Was of Avail to the Fathers, Even Though It Had Not Yet…
- He Shows by the Example of Abraham That the Ancient Saints Believed in the…
- How Christ is Our Mediator
- No Man Ever Saved Save by Christ
- Why the Circumcision of Infants Was Enjoined Under Pain of So Great a Punishment
- The Platonists’ Opinion About the Existence of the Soul Previous to the Body…
- In What Sense Christ is Called 'Sin.'
- Original Sin Does Not Render Marriage Evil
- Three Things Good and Laudable in Matrimony
- Marriage Existed Before Sin Was Committed. How God’s Blessing Operated in Our…
- Lust and Travail Come From Sin. Whence Our Members Became a Cause of Shame
- The Evil of Lust Ought Not to Be Ascribed to Marriage. The Three Good Results…
- Human Offspring, Even Previous to Birth, Under Condemnation at the Very Root…
- Even the Children of the Regenerate Born in Sin. The Effect of Baptism
- 45. Man’s Deliverance Suited to the Character of His Captivity
- 46. Difficulty of Believing Original Sin. Man’s Vice is a Beast’s Nature
- Sentences From Ambrose in Favour of Original Sin
- 48. Pelagius Rightly Condemned and Really Opposed by Ambrose