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Title

Four Anti-Pelagian Writings (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 86) [electronic resource] / Saint Augustine ; translated by John A. Mourant and William J. Collinge ; with introductions and notes by William J. Collinge.

Author

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c1992

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• Collinge, William J., 1947-
• Mourant, John A. (John Arthur), 1903-
• Project Muse.

Description

1 online resource (1 online resource (xix, 351 p.) :) : digital file.

Summary

"This volume brings together writings from early and late stages of Augustine's involvement in the Pelagian controversy. On Nature and Grace and on the Proceedings of Pelagius both date from A.D. 415-16 and constitute two of Augustine's most extensive treatments of the actual words of Pelagius. On the Predestination of the Saints and On the Gift of Perseverance were written in A.D. 428, near the end of Augustine's life. Augustine's opponents in his writings, he admits, are not really Pelagians at all. They were monks of Provence, led by John Cassian, who were disturbed by the more extreme consequences of the theology of grace and predestination that Augustine had worked out in his controversy with the Pelagians. Since the sixteenth century, they have been labeled "semi-Pelagians."" "Taken together, these writings provide an occasion to examine the continuity and development of Augustine's theology of grace. They also afford much insight into the fifth-century status of many theological questions that are alive today, such as the extent of the damage done to human nature by sin, the theology of original sin, the effects of baptism, and the true meaning and scope of God's salvific will." "These treatises include some of Augustine's most significant statements on grace. Intended for scholars and students of theology and philosophy, this edition includes three treatises translated for the first time since the nineteenth century, two of which are the first from modern critical texts. William Collinge's trenchant introductions offer detailed accounts of the historical and critical work done over the hundred years since the last publication."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The fathers of the church : a new translation ; v. 86

Uniform Title

• Works. Selections. English. 1992 (Online)
• Fathers of the church ; v. 86.
• Book collections on Project MUSE.

Alternative Title

Works. 1992 (Online)

Subject

Pelagianism > Early works to 1800

Note

• Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
• Translations from Latin.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xix) and indexes.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

Contents

On nature and grace -- On the proceedings of Pelagius -- On the predestination of the saints -- On the gift of perseverance.

OCLC

ssj0000459636

Author

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Title

Four Anti-Pelagian Writings (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 86) [electronic resource] / Saint Augustine ; translated by John A. Mourant and William J. Collinge ; with introductions and notes by William J. Collinge.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c1992 (Baltimore, Md. : Project Muse 2013) (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

Series

The fathers of the church : a new translation ; v. 86

Fathers of the church ; v. 86.

Book collections on Project MUSE.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xix) and indexes.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Added Author

Collinge, William J., 1947-

Mourant, John A. (John Arthur), 1903-

Project Muse.

Other Form:

Print version: 0813213061 9780813213064 (DLC) 91002972