S. AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI DE GRATIA CHRISTI ET DE PECCATO ORIGINALI CONTRA PELAGIUM ET COELESTIUM Libri duo .

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 4. Nam cum tria constituat atque distinguat, quibus divina mandata dicit impleri, possibilitatem, 0362 voluntatem, actionem possibilitatem scilicet,

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 8. Hanc autem naturalem possibilitatem quod adjuvari Dei gratia confitetur, non est hic apertum vel quam dicat gratiam, vel quatenus ea naturam sentia

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 24. Sed ne forte respondeat, ita se hic dixisse, «Dei faciendo voluntatem, divinam mereamur gratiam,» sicut fidelibus et pie viventibus additur gratia

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 32. Nam ut de Coelestii opusculis interim taceam, vel libellis ejus, quos judiciis ecclesiasticis allegavit , quae vobis omnia, cum aliis quas necessa

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 34. Deinde quamlibet sentiat gratiam, ipsis Christianis secundum merita dari dicit: cum eos qui hoc dicunt, jam in Palaestina, sicut supra commemoravi

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 41. Item in eodem opere alio loco: «Quod si etiam sine Deo,» inquit, «homines ostendunt, quales a Deo facti sunt vide quid Christiani facere possint,

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 50. Item in eodem libro idem sanctus Ambrosius: «Nam si Petrus,» inquit (Lib. 10, n. 91, ad Luc. XXII), «lapsus est, qui dixit, Etsi alii scandalizati

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 LIBER SECUNDUS. DE PECCATO ORIGINALI.

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 4. Nempe cernitis sic Coelestium concessisse parvulis Baptismum, ut in eos transire primi hominis peccatum, quod lavacro regenerationis abluitur, nolu

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 7. Sed multum misericors memoratae Sedis antistes, ubi eum vidit ferri tanta praesumptione praecipitem, tanquam furentem, donec si posset fieri resipi

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 19. Quomodo autem Pelagius obrepere tentaverit ad fallendum etiam Apostolicae Sedis episcopale judicium in hac ipsa quaestione de Baptismate parvuloru

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 20. Denique quomodo respondeat advertite, et videte latebras ambiguitatis falsitati praeparare refugia. offundendo caliginem veritati ita ut etiam no

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 24. Jam vero in libro Fidei suae , quem Romam cum ipsis litteris misit ad eumdem papam Innocentium, ad quem etiam epistolam scripserat, multo evidenti

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 27. Sed multum eum ista fallit opinio. Longe aliter se habent quaestiones istae, quas esse praeter fidem 0398 arbitratur, quam sunt illae in quibus sa

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 29. Quamvis ergo mors regnaverit ab Adam usque ad Moysen (Rom. V, 14), quia non eam potuit vincere nec lex data per Moysen non enim data est quae pos

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 31. Haec disputantes, a gratia mediatoris justos excludere conantur antiquos, tanquam Dei et illorum hominum non fuerit mediator homo Christus Jesus

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 45. Reatus itaque vitii ejus de quo loquimur, in regeneratorum prole carnali tamdiu manebit, donec et illic lavacro regenerationis abluatur. Regenerat

 46. Nec quisquam miretur, et dicat, «Cur hoc creat bonitas Dei, quod possideat malignitas diaboli?» Hoc enim suae creaturae seminibus ex illa bonitate

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 48. His tamen verbis hominis Dei, quem tanto praeconio ipse laudavit Pelagius, contradicit, et dicit, «sicut sine virtute, ita nos sine vitio procrear

24.—Pelagius’ Long Residence at Rome.

The truth indeed is, that in the book of his faith which he sent to Rome with this very letter165    See above, ch. 19. to the before-mentioned Pope Innocent, to whom also he had written the letter, he only the more evidently exposed himself by his efforts at concealment. He says:166    See above ch. 1, and On the Grace of Christ, ch. 35. “We hold one baptism, which we say ought to be administered in the same sacramental words in the case of infants as in the case of adults.” He did not, however, say, “in the same sacrament” (although if he had so said, there would still have been ambiguity), but “in the same sacramental words,”—as if remission of sins in infants were declared by the sound of the words, and not wrought by the effect of the acts. For the time, indeed, he seemed to say what was agreeable with the catholic faith; but he had it not in his power permanently to deceive that see. Subsequent to the rescript of the African Council, into which province this pestilent doctrine had stealthily made its way—without, however, spreading widely or sinking deeply—other opinions also of this man were by the industry of some faithful brethren discovered and brought to light at Rome, where he had dwelt for a very long while, and had already engaged in sundry discourses and controversies. In order to procure the condemnation of these opinions, Pope Zosimus, as you may read, annexed them to his letter, which he wrote for publication throughout the catholic world. Among these statements, Pelagius, pretending to expound the Apostle Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, argues in these words: “If Adam’s sin injured those who have not sinned, then also Christ’s righteousness profits those who do not believe.” He says other things, too, of the same purport; but they have all been refuted and answered by me with the Lord’s help in the books which I wrote, On the Baptism of Infants.167    See especially Book iii. chs. 2, 5, 6 [III.]. But he had not the courage to make those objectionable statements in his own person in the fore-mentioned so-called exposition. This particular one, however, having been enunciated in a place where he was so well known, his words and their meaning could not be disguised. In those books, from the first of which I have already before quoted,168    In ch. 14 [XIII.]. he treats this point without any suppression of his views. With all the energy of which he is capable, he most plainly asserts that human nature in infants cannot in any wise be supposed to be corrupted by propagation; and by claiming salvation for them as their due, he does despite to the Saviour.

24. Jam vero in libro Fidei suae , quem Romam cum ipsis litteris misit ad eumdem papam Innocentium, ad quem etiam epistolam scripserat, multo evidentius se ipsum tegendo nudavit, dicens: «Baptisma unum tenemus, quod iisdem Sacramenti verbis in infantibus, quibus etiam in majoribus, dicimus esse celebrandum.» Non saltem dixit, Eodem Sacramento; quod quidem si dixisset, adhuc esset ambiguum: sed, «iisdem,» inquit, «Sacramenti verbis;» tanquam infantibus remissio peccatorum verborum sonitu diceretur, non rerum ageretur effectu. Visus est tamen ad tempus, aliquid dicere quod fidei catholicae conveniret: sed illam sedem usque in finem fallere non praevaluit. Post rescripta quippe Africani concilii, in quam provinciam quidem doctrina illa pestifera serpendo pervenerat, sed eam non tam late occupaverat alteque pervaserat; alia quoque ipsius in urbe Roma, ubi diutissime vixerat, atque in his fuerat prius sermonibus contentionibusque versatus, cura fidelium fratrum prolata patuerunt, quae litteris suis, quas conscripsit per orbem catholicum perferendas, papa Zosimus exsecranda, sicut legere potestis, attexuit. Ubi Pelagius Epistolam Pauli apostoli ad Romanos velut exponens, argumentatur et dicit: «Si Adae peccatum etiam non peccantibus nocuit, ergo et Christi justitia etiam non credentibus prodest.» Et caetera hujusmodi, quae omnia Domino adjuvante in libris, quos scripsimus, de Baptismo parvulorum, refutata et dissoluta sunt (Lib. 3, nn. 5, 6). Et ea quidem in ipsis quasi expositionibus non ex sua persona est ausus objicere; sed ibi hoc dicebat, ubi multis notissimus erat, et quid sentiret ac diceret, latere non poterat: quod in libris illis, de quorum primo quiddam supra commemoravi (Supra, n. 14), non dissimulanter, sed apertissime quantis potest disputandi viribus agit, ut natura humana in parvulis nullo modo ex propagine vitiata credatur; cui arrogando salutem, invidet salvatorem .