Council of Orange (529)

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The Council of Orange (529) was a regional synod of the Western Church that articulated a moderate Augustinian stance on grace and free will, decisively rejecting Pelagianism and shaping later Catholic doctrine on salvation.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic council
Western Church council
church council
regional synod
synod
affirmed human free will healed and aided by grace
necessity of grace for every salutary act
necessity of prevenient grace for the beginning of faith
reality of original sin
that baptism is necessary for salvation
that no one is predestined by God to evil
alsoKnownAs Second Council of Orange
approvedBy Pope Boniface II
condemned Pelagianism
semi-Pelagianism
confirmedBy Pope Boniface II
convokedBy Caesarius of Arles
country Kingdom of the Franks
date 529
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: "Catholic Church"
doctrineStatus authoritative for Catholic teaching on grace
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages
influenced Council of Trent teaching on justification
medieval Catholic doctrine on grace
issued canons on grace and free will
language Latin
location Orange
Orange (France)
surface form: "Orange, Gaul"

Orange (France)
surface form: "Orange, southern Gaul"
mainSubject Pelagianism
free will
grace
original sin
salvation
semi-Pelagianism
numberOfCanons 25
partOf history of Christian theology
history of Western Christianity
presidedBy Caesarius of Arles
region Western Christianity
surface form: "Western Church"
rejected Pelagian claim that human will can initiate faith without grace
Pelagian denial of original sin
doctrine of double predestination
religion Christianity
stanceOnGrace moderate Augustinian
theologicalTradition Augustinian theology
surface form: "Augustinianism"
typeOfDocument canons
year 529

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Original sin affirmedByCouncil Council of Orange (529)

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