On the Grace of the New Testament

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theological treatise

On the Grace of the New Testament is a theological treatise by Augustine of Hippo that defends the necessity of divine grace for salvation against Pelagian views of human moral autonomy.

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On the Grace of the New Testament canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	theological treatise ⓘ
associatedWith	Augustinian–Pelagian controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ doctrine of justification ⓘ doctrine of sanctification ⓘ
author	Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrinalPosition	dependence of human will on grace for any truly good act ⓘ inability of humans to achieve salvation by their own moral efforts ⓘ necessity of divine grace for salvation ⓘ
genre	doctrinal treatise ⓘ polemical work ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late antiquity ⓘ
influenced	Reformation debates on grace and free will ⓘ later Western doctrines of grace ⓘ medieval scholastic theology on grace ⓘ
influencedBy	New Testament writings NERFINISHED ⓘ Pauline theology NERFINISHED ⓘ
intendedAudience	Christian theologians ⓘ church leaders ⓘ
intendedPurpose	to defend the necessity of grace for salvation ⓘ to refute Pelagian teaching on human moral autonomy ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
mainTopic	New Testament theology NERFINISHED ⓘ Pelagianism NERFINISHED ⓘ divine grace ⓘ human free will ⓘ original sin ⓘ soteriology ⓘ
opposes	Pelagian view of human moral autonomy ⓘ denial of original sin’s effects on the will ⓘ
partOf	Augustine’s anti-Pelagian corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	Christianity ⓘ
scripturalBasis	New Testament passages on grace ⓘ Pauline epistles NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	Augustinian doctrine of grace ⓘ priority of grace over human will in salvation ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis	gratuitousness of salvation ⓘ human dependence on God ⓘ inability of fallen humans to fulfill the law without grace ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
viewOnGrace	grace is an unmerited gift of God ⓘ grace precedes and enables any good human choice ⓘ
viewOnHumanNature	human nature is wounded by original sin ⓘ human will is weakened and needs healing by grace ⓘ
viewOnLaw	the law alone cannot save without grace ⓘ
viewOnSalvation	salvation is impossible without divine grace ⓘ

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