Pelagius

Pelagius taught that because God commanded men to live good and morally perfect lives, it can be assumed he also gave man the ability to do so. He rejected the idea of original sin causing man to be in a state of depravity. Pelagius’ focus was on the “capability of human nature to achieve perfection.” There was no excuse to allow for anything less than perfection, for since he had the will and the ability, it was possible. Pelagianism is driven by the thought that man can work, through the power

A Review of Peter Brown’s Augustine of Hippo          Peter Brown’s Augustine of Hippo is a dense, scholarly work outlining the entire life of the Catholic bishop.  The University of California Press in Berkeley, California published the work in 1967.  My version was the 1973 second paperback printing, found in the University library.  Its smallish, scholarly, serifed, typewritten font allows for a instant respect for the subject matter:  the words are at first imposing, but then revealing as

Uncontestably, Augustine is the most prominent and influential church father, for the Western Church. As the last of the ancient Christian writers, his theology not only formulated medieval scholarship; conversely, Augustine considerably impacted the theology of the Protestant Reformation. Regarding original sin and hamartiology, Augustine is the fountainhead, for both Protestant and Roman Catholic’s; however, he was not the originator of the doctrine. Depicting humankind’s solidarity with Adam

http://www.iep.utm.edu/augustin/ http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/theologians/augustine-of-hippo.html Augustine vs Pelagius Pelagius argued that all men have the chance to live a perfect life(sinless) even after the fall of Adam. He also took issue with Augustine saying that men need the grace of God to obey his commands. He said that if God commands someone to do something then they have the ability by themselves to obey that command. http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/pelagian-controversy/

maintain the strength of true worship. However, they saw it essential to put down the beliefs of one man in particular, Pelagius. His views were observed as a true threat to Christianity’s entire existence . With the very foundation of Christianity in jeopardy, Saint Augustine aggressively disputed, with the support of his own past religious struggles, the arguments of

In an attempt to refute the views of a theologian named Pelagius, Aurelius Augustine published a work entitled “A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance”, and in this work he explains a view on the gift of perseverance that is not fully in line with what scripture teaches. First I will describe Augustine's ideals and stance on Perseverance of the Saints. I will continue by describing that his stance on this topic matter is not entirely coherent with scripture, and then show the overall result his doctrine

questions. They have provided the two opposite points of view in regards the freedom of the will. George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Pelagius were two philosophers that had an extensive debate over the freedom of the will. Hegel in his “Lectures on the Philosophy of History” presented that free will is completely based on a divine providence. In the other hand, Pelagius, founder of Pelagianism, explained an opposite view about what Hegel thinks in regards to free will. Hegel contributed in different

that he would struggle and toil with the land and also that he will return to the dust just as he was created from it. God had to punish Adam and Eve for the disobedient act from where human corruption became apparent. After a British monk named Pelagius fled Italy in 409 to escape an invasion and moved to Carthridge in North America, a clash between this monk and Saint Augustine became inevitable. Both of these men who were teachers and involved with the church had two completely opposite and opposing

nature of God and, Christ a controversy arose concerning human nature. The controversy started in the 5th century when Pelagius a British spiritual director heard a bishop quote from Augustine’s Confessions. The quote stated, “Grant what you command and command what you will”. Pelagius believed the quote allowed humans to avoid taking responsibility for choosing to sin. Pelagius’ views on the nature of sin and grace not only conflicted with Augustine’s views but they conflicted with the church’s

addressed. Firstly, Pelagius’s text “Letter to Demetrias” has been translated from its original language into English. Pelagius was very learned in both Latin and Greek, meaning that the original text was probably written in one of these languages. The translation into English means that there was an opportunity for error, and for details to get lost. It is also known that Pelagius was an