A SELECT LIBRARY
OF THE
NICENE AND
POST-NICENE FATHERS
OF
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
EDITED BY
PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D.,
PROFESSOR IN THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK,
IN CONNECTION WITH A NUMBER OF PATRISTIC SCHOLARS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA.
LOGOS CATHOLIC EDITION
Containing Only the Words of the Fathers
and Translator’s Notes
VOLUME V
ST. AUGUSTINE:
ANTI-PELAGIAN WRITINGS
NEW YORK:
THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE COMPANY
1887
THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE COMPANY
SAINT AUGUSTINE’S ANTI-PELAGIAN WORKS
TRANSLATED BY
PETER HOLMES, D.D., F.R.A.S.,
DOMESTIC CHAPLAIN TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES, AND CURATE OF PENNYCROSS, PLYMOUTH;
AND
REV. ROBERT ERNEST WALLIS, Ph.D.,
INCUMBENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, COXLEY, SOMERSET.
THE TRANSLATION REVISED, AND AN INTRODUCTION PREFIXED, BY
BENJAMIN B. WARFIELD, D.D.,
PROFESSOR IN THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT PRINCETON, N.J.
Volume V
On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
On Nature and Grace, Against Pelagius
Concerning Man’s Perfection in Righteousness
On the Proceedings of Pelagius,
A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin
A Letter Addressed to the Count Valerius
A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians
A Treatise on Grace and Free Will
A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints,
A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance, Being the Second Book
Bishop of Hippo
A TREATISE ON THE MERITS AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS, AND ON THE BAPTISM OF INFANTS
EXTRACT FROM AUGUSTIN’S “RETRACTATIONS,”
Book II. Chap. 23,
ON THE FOLLOWING TREATISE,
“DE PECCATORUM MERITIS ET REMISSIONE.”
A necessity arose which compelled me to write against the new heresy of Pelagius. Our previous opposition to it was confined to sermons and conversations, as occasions suggested, and according to our respective abilities and duties; but it had not yet assumed the shape of a controversy in writing. Certain questions were then submitted to me [by our brethren] at Carthage, to which I was to send them back answers in writing; I accordingly wrote first of all three books, under the title “On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins,” in which I mainly discussed the baptism of infants because of original sin, and the grace of God by which we are justified, that is, made righteous; but [I remarked] no man in this life can so keep the commandments which prescribe holiness of life, as to be beyond the necessity of using this prayer for his sins: “Forgive us our trespasses.”1 It is in direct opposition to these principles that they have devised their new heresy. Now throughout these three books I thought it right not to mention any of their names, hoping and desiring that by such reserve they might the ...
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About Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 1.5: Saint Augustin: Anti-Pelagian Writings (Catholic Edition)Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, First Series, Volume V: Saint Augustin: Anti-Pelagian Writings. The Early Church Fathers is one of the most important collections of historical, philosophical and theological writings available in English to the student of the Christian Church. These documents provide the most comprehensive witness to the development of Christianity and Christian thought during the period immediately following the Apostolic Era. The Catholic edition of Early Church Fathers does not include the introductions, prolegomenae, and various interpretive comments made by the protestant editors of the Edinburgh edition. However, it retains all of the footnotes found in the printed editions. Contents of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series V Augustine of Hippo On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants On the Spirit and the Letter On Nature and Grace, against Pelagius Concerning Man’s Perfection in Righteousness On the Proceedings of Pelagius A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin A Letter Addressed to the Count Valerius On Marriage and Concupiscence On the Soul and Its Origin A Treatise against Two Letters of the Pelagians A Treatise on Grace and Free Will Treatise on Rebuke and Grace A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints A Treatise on the Gift of Perseverance |
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