whatever is possible without grace, even to the point of asserting that “in crowning our merits, God does nothing more than crown His own gifts.” Several years later, probably in 426, a copy of this letter fell into the hands of Florus, a monk of the community at Hadrumetum,5 during a visit to the monastery in his native city of Uzala, presided over by Bishop Evodius.6 A copy of the letter was dictated to Florus who had it brought back to Hadrumetum, while Florus himself went on to Carthage.7 Unknown