Augustine’s anti-Pelagian writings

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Augustine’s anti-Pelagian writings are a series of theological works in which St. Augustine of Hippo defends the doctrines of original sin and divine grace against the teachings of Pelagianism.

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Label	Occurrences
Against Two Letters of the Pelagians	1
Augustine’s anti-Pelagian writings canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological literature ⓘ patristic literature ⓘ theological work corpus ⓘ
addressesFigure	Celestius ⓘ Julian of Eclanum ⓘ Pelagius ⓘ
aim	defense of orthodox teaching on grace ⓘ refutation of Pelagian theology ⓘ
author	Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
denominationalContext	Latin Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
genre	doctrinal treatise ⓘ polemical theology ⓘ
geographicalContext	North Africa ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalContext	Pelagian controversy ⓘ
includesWork	Augustine’s anti-Pelagian writings self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Against Two Letters of the Pelagians On Marriage and Concupiscence ⓘ On Nature and Grace ⓘ On the Gift of Perseverance ⓘ On the Grace of Christ and on Original Sin ⓘ On the Grace of the New Testament ⓘ On the Predestination of the Saints ⓘ On the Spirit and the Letter ⓘ
influenced	Catholic doctrine on original sin ⓘ Protestant doctrines of grace ⓘ Reformation debates on grace and free will ⓘ Western doctrines of grace ⓘ medieval scholastic theology ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
mainOpponent	Pelagianism ⓘ
opposesDoctrine	Pelagian view of grace as merely external help ⓘ Pelagian view of human moral ability ⓘ denial of original sin ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
supportsDoctrine	efficacy of sacramental grace ⓘ hereditary transmission of original sin ⓘ necessity of interior divine grace for any good act ⓘ priority of grace over human will in salvation ⓘ
theologicalFocus	baptismal regeneration ⓘ divine grace ⓘ human free will ⓘ infant baptism ⓘ original sin ⓘ predestination ⓘ
timePeriod	early 5th century ⓘ
usedBy	Council of Carthage (418) ⓘ Second Council of Orange ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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Pelagianism → inspiredResponsesBy → Augustine’s anti-Pelagian writings ⓘ

Augustine’s anti-Pelagian writings → includesWork → Augustine’s anti-Pelagian writings self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Against Two Letters of the Pelagians