On the Spirit and the Letter

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Latin prose work theological treatise

On the Spirit and the Letter is a theological treatise by Augustine of Hippo that examines the relationship between divine grace, the human will, and the proper understanding of the Mosaic Law in the context of early Christian debates on salvation.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin prose work ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ
addresses	Pelagian controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ early Christian debates on grace and free will ⓘ
author	Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulation	medieval Latin theological schools ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrinalEmphasis	inner renewal by the Holy Spirit ⓘ love as fulfillment of the law ⓘ priority of grace over human merit ⓘ
genre	Christian doctrine ⓘ theology ⓘ
hasAuthorRole	Augustine as Church Father ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 4th–early 5th century ⓘ
impact	cited in later Catholic and Protestant debates on justification ⓘ influenced Western doctrines of grace ⓘ
includedIn	collections of Augustine’s anti-Pelagian works ⓘ
influencedBy	Epistle to the Galatians NERFINISHED ⓘ Epistle to the Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ Pauline theology NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
mainTopic	Mosaic Law NERFINISHED ⓘ divine grace ⓘ human will ⓘ justification ⓘ relationship between law and gospel ⓘ role of the Holy Spirit in Christian life ⓘ salvation ⓘ
opposes	Pelagian view of human moral self-sufficiency ⓘ
originalTitle	De spiritu et littera NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Augustine’s anti-Pelagian writings NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionOnFreeWill	affirms existence of human free will ⓘ teaches that free will is healed and aided by grace ⓘ
positionOnGrace	affirms necessity of divine grace for salvation ⓘ denies that human beings can fulfill the law without grace ⓘ
positionOnLaw	argues that the law without the Spirit leads to condemnation ⓘ distinguishes letter of the law from spirit of the law ⓘ teaches that the Spirit enables fulfillment of the law in love ⓘ
religiousContext	Christianity ⓘ
scripturalFocus	2 Corinthians 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Romans 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ various Pauline epistles ⓘ
studiedIn	Augustinian studies NERFINISHED ⓘ historical theology ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Latin patristic theology ⓘ Western Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
writtenBy	Bishop of Hippo Regius NERFINISHED ⓘ

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