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What we call the Pelagian heresy actually took many forms, and had multiple proponents at different stages before it was officially condemned. Augustine, as bishop of Hippo, saw that these teachings were dangerous and set out to address them by explaining the true Church doctrine on these subjects. He first denounced the heresies verbally, in sermons and conferences. When a friend asked him to...

God Does the Opposite of What He Commands . JUL. Or are you going to say that God, of course, commanded this, but that he did not do what he commanded, but in fact did the opposite of what he commanded us to do? AUG. Why do you not notice how foolish you are to think this? God, after all, sometimes does the opposite of what he commanded us to do. There is no need for me to mention many examples lest it take too long. See, I say what everyone knows. The divine scripture gave a commandment to human

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