Augustine of Hippo, On the Proceedings of Pelagius. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 5 (Schaff, 1887), public domain.
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- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Extract from Augustin’s Retractations — Extract from Augustin’s Retractations. Book II. Chap. 45, On the Following Treatise, “De gestis pelagii.” “About the same time, in the East (that is to say, in Palestinian Syria), Pelagius was summoned by certain…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 1 — Introduction. After there came into my hands, holy father Aurelius, the ecclesiastical proceedings, by which fourteen bishops of the province of Palestine pronounced Pelagius a catholic, my hesitation, in which I was…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 2 — The First Item in the Accusation, and Pelagius’ Answer. First of all, then, I offer to the Lord my God, who is also my defence and guide, unspeakable thanks, because I was not misled in my views respecting our holy…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 3 — Discussion of Pelagius’ First Answer. Now to say that “a man is by the knowledge of the law assisted towards not sinning,” is a different assertion from saying that “a man cannot be without sin unless he has acquired…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 4 — The Same Continued. If Pelagius, as he possibly might, were to say in reply to this, that that very thing was what he meant by “the knowledge of the law, without which a man is unable to be free from sins,” which is…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 5 — The Second Item in the Accusation; And Pelagius’ Answer. The synod of bishops then proceeded to say: “Let another section be read.” Accordingly there was read the passage in the same book wherein Pelagius had laid…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 6 — Pelagius’ Answer Examined. Indeed, in this very book which contains these statements, after laying down the position, “All men are governed by their own will, and every one is submitted to his own desire,” Pelagius…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 7 — The Same Continued. As for the passage from the psalm, “He loved cursing, and it shall come upon him; and he willed not blessing, so it shall be far removed from him,” which he quoted in the same book of Chapters, as…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 8 — The Same Continued. This being the case, how must God’s children, who have learned the truth of all this and rejoice at being ruled and led by the Spirit of God, have been affected when they heard or read that…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 9 — The Third Item in the Accusation; And Pelagius’ Answer. Another statement was read which Pelagius had placed in his book, to this effect: “In the day of judgment no forbearance will be shown to the ungodly and the…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 10 — Pelagius’ Answer Examined. On Origen’s Error Concerning the Non-Eternity of the Punishment of the Devil and the Damned. Chapter 10.—Pelagius’ Answer Examined. On Origen’s Error Concerning the Non-Eternity of the…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 11 — The Same Continued. But how this judgment is to be accomplished, it is not easy to understand from Holy Scripture; for there are many modes therein of describing that which is to come to pass only in one mode. In one…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 12 — The Fourth Item in the Accusation; And Pelagius’ Answer. It was further objected against Pelagius, as if he had written in his book, that “evil does not enter our thoughts.” In reply, however, to this charge, he…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 13 — The Fifth Item of the Accusation; And Pelagius’ Answer. After the judges had accorded their approbation to this answer of Pelagius, another passage which he had written in his book was read aloud: “The kingdom of…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 14 — Chapter 14.—Examination of This Point. The Phrase “Old Testament” Used in Two Senses. The Heir of the Old Testament. In the Old Testament There Were Heirs of the New Testament. Was it therefore without reason that…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 15 — The Same Continued. How then should there not be a feeling of just disquietude entertained by the children of promise, children of the free Jerusalem, which is eternal in the heavens, when they see that by the words…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 16 — The Sixth Item of the Accusation, and Pelagius’ Reply. The next objection was to the effect that Pelagius in that same book of his wrote thus: “A man is able, if he likes, to be without sin;” and that writing to a…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 17 — Examination of the Sixth Charge and Answers. Well, now, had the judges either the power or the right to condemn these unrecognised and vague words, when no person on the other side was present to assert that Pelagius…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 18 — The Same Continued. But perhaps the point requires some consideration, whether he was right in saying that “such as held the opinions in question deserved anathema, not as heretics, but as fools, since it was no…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 19 — The Same Continued. Now it so happened that, while we were reading this defence of Pelagius in the small paper which we received at first, there were present certain holy brethren, who said that they had in their…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 20 — The Same Continued. Pelagius Acknowledges the Doctrine of Grace in Deceptive Terms. Chapter 20.—The Same Continued. Pelagius Acknowledges the Doctrine of Grace in Deceptive Terms. There can be no doubt that what…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 21 — The Same Continued. Chapter 21 [VIII.]—The Same Continued. It is not nature, therefore, which, sold as it is under sin and wounded by the offence, longs for a Redeemer and Saviour; nor is it the knowledge of the…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 22 — The Same Continued. The Synod Supposed that the Grace Acknowledged by Pelagius Was that Which Was So Thoroughly Known to the Church. Chapter 22 [X.]—The Same Continued. The Synod Supposed that the Grace Acknowledged…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 23 — The Seventh Item of the Accusation: the Breviates of Cœlestius Objected to Pelagius. Chapter 23 [XI.]—The Seventh Item of the Accusation: the Breviates of Cœlestius Objected to Pelagius. Then follow sundry statements…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 24 — Pelagius’ Answer to the Charges Brought Together Under the Seventh Item. The following, as the proceedings testify, was Pelagius’ own answer to these charges against him: “Concerning a man’s being able indeed to be…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 25 — The Pelagians Falsely Pretended that the Eastern Churches Were on Their Side. Now, by reason of these questions, and the very contentious assertions of these tenets, which are everywhere accompanied with heated…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 26 — The Accusations in the Seventh Item, Which Pelagius Confessed. Let us now see what were the two points out of all that were alleged which Pelagius was unwilling to anathematize, and admitted to be his own opinions,…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 27 — The Eighth Item in the Accusation. Pelagius was charged with having said: “That the Church here is without spot or wrinkle.” It was on this point that the Donatists also were constantly at conflict with us in our…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 28 — Pelagius’ Reply to the Eighth Item of Accusation. But to this objection he replied with a watchful caution such as the catholic judges no doubt approved. “It has,” says he, “been asserted by me,—but in such a sense…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 29 — The Ninth Item of the Accusation; And Pelagius’ Reply. The next objections were urged out of the book of Cœlestius, following the contents of each several chapter, but rather according to the sense than the words.…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 30 — The Tenth Item in the Accusation. The More Prominent Points of Cœlestius’ Work Continued. Chapter 30 [XIV.]—The Tenth Item in the Accusation. The More Prominent Points of Cœlestius’ Work Continued. After this we find…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 31 — Remarks on the Tenth Item. I shall make my next remark with greater satisfaction. In a former section I expressed a fear that, when Pelagius said that “a man was able by the help of God’s grace to live without sin,”…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 32 — The Eleventh Item of the Accusation. But what comes afterwards again fills me with anxiety. On its being objected to him, from the fifth chapter of Cœlestius’ book, that “they say that every individual has the…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 33 — Discussion of the Eleventh Item Continued. What, then, is the reason why, as I said just now, I felt anxious on the subject of this head of his doctrine? It is occasioned by what Pelagius says in these words: “That…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 34 — Chapter 34.—The Same Continued. On the Works of Unbelievers; Faith is the Initial Principle from Which Good Works Have Their Beginning; Faith is the Gift of God’s Grace. He will perhaps say to this: “It was not…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 35 — The Same Continued. “What, then, is the meaning of that which the same apostle says: ‘I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 36 — The Same Continued. The Monk Pelagius. Grace is Conferred on the Unworthy. His due reward, therefore, is recompensed to the apostle as worthy of it; but still it was grace which bestowed on him the apostleship…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 37 — The Same Continued. John, Bishop of Jerusalem, and His Examination. With great propriety, as the proceedings show, did John, the holy overseer of the Church of Jerusalem, employ the authority of this same passage of…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 38 — The Same Continued. Bishop John narrated all this in the hearing of Pelagius; but he, of course, might respectfully say: “Your holiness is in error; you do not accurately remember the facts. It was not in reference…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 39 — The Same Continued. Heros and Lazarus; Orosius. Now there are some expositions of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans which are said to have been written by Pelagius himself,—in which he asserts, that the passage: “Not of…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 40 — The Same Continued. Chapter 40 [XVII.]—The Same Continued. Since, then, Pelagius was present when these passages of the Scriptures were discussed, and by his silence acknowledged having said that he entertained the…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 41 — Augustin Indulgently Shows that the Judges Acted Incautiously in Their Official Conduct of the Case of Pelagius. Chapter 41.—Augustin Indulgently Shows that the Judges Acted Incautiously in Their Official Conduct of…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 42 — The Twelfth Item in the Accusation. Other Heads of Cœlestius’ Doctrine Abjured by Pelagius. Chapter 42 [XVIII.]—The Twelfth Item in the Accusation. Other Heads of Cœlestius’ Doctrine Abjured by Pelagius. For it was…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 43 — The Answer of the Monk Pelagius and His Profession of Faith. After all these sentences were read out, the synod said: “What says the monk Pelagius to all these heads of opinion which have been read in his presence?…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 44 — The Acquittal of Pelagius. The synod said: “Now since we have received satisfaction on the points which have come before us touching the monk Pelagius, who has been present; since, too, he gives his consent to the…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 45 — Pelagius’ Acquittal Becomes Suspected. If these are the proceedings by which Pelagius’ friends rejoice that he was exculpated, we, on our part,—since he certainly took much pains to prove that we were well affected…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 46 — How Pelagius Became Known to Augustin; Cœlestius Condemned at Carthage. Chapter 46 [XXII.]—How Pelagius Became Known to Augustin; Cœlestius Condemned at Carthage. Now, that I may especially refer to my own relation…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 47 — Pelagius’ Book, Which Was Sent by Timasius and Jacobus to Augustin, Was Answered by the Latter in His Work 'On Nature and Grace.'. Chapter 47 [XXIII.]—Pelagius’ Book, Which Was Sent by Timasius and Jacobus to…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 48 — A Letter Written by Timasius and Jacobus to Augustin on Receiving His Treatise 'On Nature and Grace.'. Chapter 48 [XXIV.]—A Letter Written by Timasius and Jacobus to Augustin on Receiving His Treatise “On Nature and…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 49 — Pelagius’ Behaviour Contrasted with that of the Writers of the Letter. If now that man, too, were to confess that he had once been implicated in this error as a person possessed, but that he now anathematized all…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 50 — Pelagius Has No Good Reason to Be Annoyed If His Name Be at Last Used in the Controversy, and He Be Expressly Refuted. Chapter 50.—Pelagius Has No Good Reason to Be Annoyed If His Name Be at Last Used in the…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 51 — The Nature of Augustin’s Letter to Pelagius. Chapter 51 [XXVI.]—The Nature of Augustin’s Letter to Pelagius. For my own part, indeed, in my letter which he produced, I not only abstained from all praises of him, but…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 52 — The Text of the Letter. Chapter 52 [XXVII. And XXVIII.]—The Text of the Letter. “To my most beloved lord, and most longed-for brother Pelagius, Augustin sends greeting in the Lord. I thank you very much for the…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 53 — Pelagius’ Use of Recommendations. Chapter 53 [XXIX.]—Pelagius’ Use of Recommendations. As to that which I placed in the postscript,—that he might “find favour with the Lord,”—I intimated that this lay rather in His…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 54 — On the Letter of Pelagius, in Which He Boasts that His Errors Had Been Approved by Fourteen Bishops. Chapter 54 [XXX.]—On the Letter of Pelagius, in Which He Boasts that His Errors Had Been Approved by Fourteen…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 55 — Pelagius’ Letter Discussed. What, then, is the meaning of those vaunting words of theirs in this epistle, wherein they boast of having induced the fourteen bishops who sat in that trial to believe not merely that a…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 56 — Is Pelagius Sincere?. Chapter 56 [XXXI.]—Is Pelagius Sincere? How, then, can it be believed that Pelagius (if indeed this epistle is his) could have been sincere, when he acknowledged the grace of God, which is not…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 57 — Chapter 57 [XXXII.]—Fraudulent Practices Pursued by Pelagius in His Report of the Proceedings in Palestine, in the Paper Wherein He Defended Himself to Augustin. There is yet another point which I must not pass over…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 58 — The Same Continued. He has, moreover, in this same paper, huddled together afterwards many of the points which were objected against him out of the “Chapters,” of Cœlestius’ book; nor has he kept distinct, at the…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 59 — Although Pelagius Was Acquitted, His Heresy Was Condemned. Now, with respect to this treatise of mine, which perhaps is not unreasonably lengthy, considering the importance and extent of its subject, I have wished to…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 60 — The Synod’s Condemnation of His Doctrines. This is the concluding clause of their judgment. The synod said: “Now forasmuch as we have received satisfaction in these inquiries from the monk Pelagius, who has been…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 61 — History of the Pelagian Heresy. The Pelagian Heresy Was Raised by Sundry Persons Who Affected the Monastic State. Chapter 61.—History of the Pelagian Heresy. The Pelagian Heresy Was Raised by Sundry Persons Who…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 62 — Chapter 62.—The History Continued. Cœlestius Condemned at Carthage by Episcopal Judgment. Pelagius Acquitted by Bishops in Palestine, in Consequence of His Deceptive Answers; But Yet His Heresy Was Condemned by Them.…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 63 — The Same Continued. The Dogmas of Cœlestius Laid to the Charge of Pelagius, as His Master, and Condemned. Chapter 63.—The Same Continued. The Dogmas of Cœlestius Laid to the Charge of Pelagius, as His Master, and…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 64 — How the Bishops Cleared Pelagius of Those Charges. These four dogmas, thus connected with the name of Cœlestius, were therefore not approved by the bishops in their judgment, in the sense in which Cœlestius was said…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 65 — Recapitulation of What Pelagius Condemned. Let us now, by a like recapitulation, bestow a little more attention on those subjects which the bishops said he rejected and condemned as “contrary;” for herein especially…vatican.va
- On the Proceedings of Pelagius Chapter 66 — The Harsh Measures of the Pelagians Against the Holy Monks and Nuns Who Belonged to Jerome’s Charge. Chapter 66.—The Harsh Measures of the Pelagians Against the Holy Monks and Nuns Who Belonged to Jerome’s Charge.…vatican.va
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