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“Pelagius - Letter to Demetrias”
(chapter 16)
In this letter Pelagius explains his understanding of the relationship of human free will and God's grace.
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Relevant
books Augustine Four Anti-Pelagian Writings (Fathers of the Church) -------------- Gerald Bonner See particularly chapters "Pelagianism and Augustine" "Augustine and Pelagianism" -------------- Peter Brown Religion and Society in the Age of St. Augustine See the
chapter -------------- Theodore De Bruyn -------------- J. Patout Burns The development of Augustine's doctrine of operative grace -------------- Robert Dodaro (See chapter See the chapter by James Wetzel: Snares of Truth: Augustine on Free will and Predestination.) -------------- John Ferguson Pelagius: A Historical and Theological Study -------------- B.R. Rees -------------- B.R. Rees -------------- James Wetzel -------------- Robert Van De Weyer The Letters of Pelagius (Early Christian Writings) -------------- Ed. R. Williams (See chapters by R. A. Markus, The Legacy of Pelagius; and L. Wickham, Pelagianism in the East.) |
16. Let us stop here, O virgin, for a moment and think
of the precious pearls with which the bride of Christ should be adorned, taking
the Apostle's words one by one. |
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original Latin text
Epistola ad Demetriadem
Epistula ad Demetriadem
Pelagius' views about free will
Pelagius and Pelagianism
Augustine debate with Pelagius
Migne Latin
Patrologiae Latinae Cursus Completus
Patrologia Latina