Second Council of Orange

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The Second Council of Orange was a 529 AD church synod in southern Gaul that decisively addressed the Pelagian controversy by affirming the necessity of divine grace in salvation while rejecting strict predestinarianism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic council
church council
local council
synod
alsoKnownAs Second Council of Orange
surface form: Council of Orange of 529
approvedBy Pope Boniface II
century 6th century
confirmedBy Pope Boniface II
continent Europe
country Kingdom of the Franks
date 529
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
doctrineAffirmed Augustinian view of grace with modifications
doctrine of original sin
necessity of divine grace for salvation
priority of grace over human will in conversion
doctrineRejected Pelagianism
idea that human free will can initiate faith without grace
semi-Pelagianism
strict double predestination
heldIn cathedral of Orange
historicalContext post-Augustinian debates on grace in Gaul
influenced Council of Trent
Roman Catholic doctrine on justification
medieval Catholic theology of grace
language Latin
location Orange
present-day France
Gallia Narbonensis
surface form: southern Gaul
mainTopic Pelagian controversy
doctrine of grace
free will
original sin
predestination
semi-Pelagianism
name Second Council of Orange self-link
numberOfCanons 25
organizedBy Caesarius of Arles
precededBy First Council of Orange
presidedBy Caesarius of Arles
produced Capitula of Orange
canons on grace and free will
regionOfInfluence Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church

Western Christianity
religion Christianity
stanceOnBaptism affirmed necessity of baptismal grace
stanceOnFreeWill affirmed existence of free will under the influence of grace
year 529

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Council of Orange (529) alsoKnownAs Second Council of Orange
Second Council of Orange alsoKnownAs Second Council of Orange
this entity surface form: Council of Orange of 529
Pelagianism condemnedByCouncil Second Council of Orange
this entity surface form: Second Council of Orange (529)
Council of Carthage (418) influenced Second Council of Orange
Second Council of Orange name Second Council of Orange self-link